MONDAY, JANUARY 15 | 10–11:30 A.M. CHRIST CHAPEL | GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE WELCOME to the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture, which emphasizes the continuing struggle for civil rights. This year’s lecture will be provided by Dr. Joyce Ladner with a keynote address entitled “The : Still Marching After All These Years.” Joyce will share personal stories of being a leader in the civil rights movement and reflections on the work that is still needed. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

DR. JOYCE LADNER is one of the nation’s pre- eminent thought leaders. Her career has been shaped through her firsthand involvement with the civil rights movement in and as a staff member that organized the March on Washington in 1963. In 1963 she was jailed for a week for attempting to integrate the all-white Galloway Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. She is a native Mississippian and began her fight for social justice as a teenager when she helped organize an NAACP Youth Chapter in her hometown. She was expelled from Jackson State College in Mississippi for organizing a civil rights protest.

She was a friend and worked with slain civil rights leader as well as civil rights pioneers Fannie Lou Hamer and Ella Baker. As a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Ladner was on the front lines of most of the major civil rights protests of the 60s including Greenwood, Birmingham, Albany, Selma and other dangerous areas and was on the stage when Dr. Martin Luther King gave his “I Have A Dream” speech.

As a sociologist, Ladner has studied and interpreted the intersectionality of race, gender and class. Her book, Tomorrow’s Tomorrow: The Black Woman was the first book published in African American Women’s Studies and is now an American classic. Her book, The Death of White Sociology, was a landmark work that challenged the value neutrality of mainstream sociology. She has published five additional books and numerous articles.

Ladner was a professor of sociology at and the City University of New York Graduate Center, and . She also served as provost and interim president of Howard University. Ladner earned a bachelor’s degree from Tougaloo College and a doctorate from Washington University, St. Louis. She studied the roles of Tanzanian women in nation building and she has lived in Dakar, Senegal. A former senior fellow at the , she has appeared on nationally syndicated radio and television programs. Joyce Ladner is completing her memoir, titled Standing in the Gap: A Memoir of Resistance, Rebirth and Redemption, that captures the spirit of her generation of SNCC workers that challenged segregation and discrimination in the South, and changed the face of America. MEMORIAL LECTURE PROGRAM

PRELUDE Toccata on “Great Day” Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

PROCESSIONAL HYMN “Lift Every Voice and Sing”

PRAYER Gracious God, all people are your Beloved, across races, nationalities, religions, sexual orientations, and all the ways we are distinctive from one another. We are all manifestations of your image. We are bound together in an inescapable network of mutuality and tied to a single garment of destiny. You call us into your unending work of justice, peace, and love. In response to your grace, please let us know your presence among us now. Let us delight in our diversity that offers glimpses of the mosaic of your beauty. Strengthen us with your steadfast love and transform our despairing fatigue into hope-filled action. Under the shadow of your wings in this hour may we find rest and strength, renewal and hope. We ask this today, inspired by the example of your disciple, Martin Luther King Jr. Amen.

WELCOME Rebecca M. Bergman President

SPEAKER’S INTRODUCTION Daniella Habib ’19

KEYNOTE ADDRESS “The Civil Rights Movement: Still Marching After All These Years” Dr. Joyce Ladner

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CLOSING BLESSING Gracious God, grant us the attention to hear the prophets of our own time. May we have the wisdom to discern their messages through the noise and discord of our lives. May we have the strength to do what must be done in this world. May we find the courage to live with conviction, boldness, and integrity. And may we know justice and peace in our time. Amen.

SHARING OF THE PEACE LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING written by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) music by John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954)

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Text: James Weldon Johnson, 1871–1938; Music, LIFT EVERY VOICE: J. Rosamund Johnson, 1873–1954 WORSHIP LEADERS Leader: Rev. Siri Erickson, Chaplain of the College Organist: Dr. Chad Winterfeldt, Cantor of Christ Chapel

SPONSORS

The College would like to thank the following departments for their support and cooperation in making today’s event possible. Diversity Center Office of the Chaplains’ Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Program Corporation Office of the President Office of Marketing and Communication

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Sean Easton Siri Erickson Thomas Flunker Janet Jennings Barb Larson Taylor Graphic Design: Neely Prenzlow QUESTION & ANSWER Please write your question, tear off sheet, and return to a committee member.

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______CRITICAL DIALOGUE SYMPOSIUM SAVE THE DATE! JANUARY 27 2-4 P.M., ALUMNI HALL

The new “Critical Dialogue Symposium” will promote an understanding of the various issues at Gustavus, including topics of diversity, equity, inclusion, race, and religion, as well as the effect these topics have on the various identities connected to the College. The hope is to provide a venue for voices to be heard, and to determine our roles and responsibilities in creating and driving positive social change. While these conversations may be happening regularly at various other locations, this event is specifically being created for our extended Gustavus community.

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