Special Events

3rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration:

11:00: MARCH. Meet at the ECU Centennial Plaza to reenact the 1963 March on Washington.  Bring Civil Rights signs and be prepared to sing “We Shall Overcome” with the ECU Gospel Choir as we march the campus.

11:30-12:15: PROGRAM. The March will end in the Ataloa Theater of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.  Local blues legend Ray Davis will headline a program which also features the ECU Gospel Choir, comments by Dr. Lorraine Latimore, a rendition of King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech by members of the Tiger Speech and Debate team, and presentation of the Spirit of MLK Award and the MLK Essay Award.  Members of Brothers and Sisters United will be ushers.

This event is free and open to the public.  It is sponsored by the Human Diversity Committee.

Estep Multimedia Center, UC

For more information, click to read the press release

Linscheid Library Atrium

Book signing and selling by Brad Clampitt, Kurt Edwards and Davis Joyce. Each author will briefly discuss their book.

Dr. Kurt Edwards: An Actor / Preacher Prepares: Billy Graham Performs the New Revivalism

Dr. Brad Clampitt: The Confederate Heartland: Military and Civilian Morale in the Western Confederacy

Dr. Davis Joyce: Recollections of a Hitherto Truthful Man

Sponsored by the Linscheid Libhrary Academic Friends.

Estep Multimedia Center, UC

Guest speaker: Dr. Waymon Hinson. This workshop will focus on phases of a family, the impact of alcohol on each phase and a theory and practice of engaging the individual and the family.

Community Registration: $35. For community early bird online discount of $10 use code: WINTER

Only $15 for ECU Employees or Students with valid ECU ID.

Click to register online.

For more information, contact the Brandon Whitten Institute at 580-559-5815.

Presentations & judging - Chickasaw Business & Conference Center

Awards - Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Ataloa Theatre, HBFFAC

Horace Mann, 3rd floor

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