"Race, Gender and War: The Martin Luther King Legacy"

WHAT: A conversation with Michael Eric Dyson, Mary Frances Berry and Afaf Meleis on race, gender, class and militarism in Martin Luther King's time and today

WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, 5 p.m.

WHERE: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia

As Americans prepare for a possible war against Iraq, "Race, Gender and War: The Martin Luther King Legacy" will examine the links between class and race and the militarism of King's time. The discussion will be moderated by Walter Licht, professor of history and associate dean in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. A question-and-answer session will follow the discussion, which is free and open to the public.

The panel:

  • Michael Eric Dyson, Avalon Professor in the Humanities at Penn, is a widely published author and frequent media commentator. He is the author of "I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King," a "bio-criticism" that peels beneath the superficial image of King as martyr.

  • Afaf Meleis, dean of the School of Nursing at Penn, has a global reputation as a medical sociologist and speaker on women's health issues. She is vice president of the International Council on Women's Health.

  • Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at Penn, has served on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission since 1980, serving as chair since 1993.

    The event is sponsored by Penn's Faculty and Staff Against the War on Iraq, the Christian Association, the Newman Center and the Chaplain's Office at Penn as part of the University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. A complete listing of symposium programs and events is available at http://www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk.

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