Cheryl Brown Henderson—a daughter of Rev. Oliver L. Brown, the lead plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education—will deliver the keynote address at the University of Chicago’s annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy on Feb. 21 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
The commemoration will also feature a conversation between Pastor Chris Harris—a Chicago-based religious leader and violence prevention advocate—and Deborah Gorman-Smith, dean of the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. This year’s event will be held at 6 p.m., with a livestream available. Attendance is free, and limited in-person tickets are available with RSVP.
“We’re thrilled to welcome both Cheryl Brown Henderson and Pastor Chris Harris to this year’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Vice Provost Waldo E. Johnson Jr., an associate professor at the Crown School. “UChicago is dedicated to effecting change at all levels of society, and these two speakers will help illuminate the systemic challenges that we must continue to confront both nationally and locally.”
The 2022 event continues a rich tradition at the University of Chicago, which annually invites speakers who have followed in King’s footsteps as agents of change and proponents of peace and justice to address the University community.
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This story was first published by UChicago News.