Monmouth University Founders’ Day Convocation Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1966 Visit to Campus
Join us in the OceanFirst Bank Center at 3 pm
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A half-century ago, America’s pre-eminent civil rightsleader spoke to a rapt crowd on the Monmouth campus. On Oct. 5, the University celebrates King’s visit and puts the country’s continuing struggle with civil rights and equality into the spotlight as Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell delivers the 2016 Founders’ Day convocation.
Monmouth University continues to focus on issues of diversity and inclusion as it welcomes one of King’s contemporaries who is still actively involved in the struggle for equality. The Founders’ Day convocation is funded by the University’s Jack and Lewis Rudin Distinguished Lecture series.
Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell is a
retired United Methodist minister who first met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1958. He was an active participant in King’s 1963 March on Washington, the 1964 Freedom Summer, 1965’s Selma to Montgomery March, 1968’s Poor People’s Campaign and the march in Boston protesting school segregation. A self-proclaimed “foot soldier” in King’s civil rights movement, Caldwell has, in recent years, turned
his attentions to what he sees are the intersections between the civil rights movement of the 1960s and today’s LBGT rights movement. He resides in AsburyPark.
The event is free and open to the public, however, registration is required. A reception for all guests will follow. Please register by calling 732-263-5400 or e-mail rsvp@monmouth.edu