Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lecture

The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lecture recognized members of the St. Louis and university community who advanced Dr. King’s message through service and leadership.

This evening event was open to The WashU Medicine and the St. Louis community.

Past Speakers

2021 | Dorothy E. Roberts, J.D.
2020 | Adia Harvey Wingfield, Ph.D.
2019 | Camara Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
2018 | Brian Smedley, Ph.D.
2017 | Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D.
2016 | Sherman James, Ph.D.
2015 | Ambassador Charles Stith
2014 | Michel Martin
2013 | David. R. Williams, Ph.D.
2012 | Melissa Harris-Perry
2011 | Charles Ogletree
2010 | Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D.
2009 | William Julius Wilson, Ph.D.
2008 | Angela E. Oh
2007 | Patricia J. Williams
2006 | Ellis Cose
2005 | Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Ph.D.
2004 | Dr. W. Manning Marable
2003 | Juan Williams
2002 | Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP
2001 | Mary Frances Berry Ph.D., J.D.
2000 | Christopher Edley Jr.
1999 | Harry Wu
1998 | Alvin Poussaint, M.D.
1997 | Claude H. Organ Jr., M.D.
1996 | Gerald Early, Ph.D.