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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., at Northwestern in 1958

On April 15 and 16, 1958, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., came to Evanston, where he delivered two lectures as the guest speaker at NU's annual Mars Lecture Series in Progressive Christianity. Dr. King's first lecture was on "The Crisis in Human Relations." The next night, he spoke on "The Christian Answer." Visit the University Archives for more information about the lectures or visit them on Facebook.