{"664941":{"#nid":"664941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eddie Glaude Jr. Provides Insights into Dr. King\u2019s Life and Legacy in Annual MLK Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D., chair of the department of African American Studies, and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University helped to kick off Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration as the keynote speaker for the 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, held on January 12.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGlaude frequently appears in the media as a columnist for TIME Magazine and as an MSNBC contributor on programs like \u0026ldquo;Morning Joe\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;Deadline Whitehouse with Nicolle Wallace.\u0026rdquo; He also regularly appears on Meet the Press on Sundays. A former president of the American Academy of Religion, his writings examine religion in Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges we face as a democracy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKicking off this year\u0026rsquo;s month-long MLK Celebration, the lecture was sponsored by Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the division of Student Engagement and Well-Being. The celebration\u0026rsquo;s theme \u0026ldquo;Cultivating Action: Working Together to Achieve a Beloved Community,\u0026rdquo; highlights the work still required to achieve Dr. King\u0026rsquo;s vision.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGlaude shared the nuances of Dr. King\u0026rsquo;s philosophy and beliefs and challenged attendees to use their power to help prevent the collapse of everything that Dr. King died for.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In December of 1962, before the March on Washington, or the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Dr. King spoke at a conference centered on the ethics of integration in Nashville, Tennessee,\u0026rdquo; Glaude shared. \u0026ldquo;He maintained that there had been a systematic effort to dismantle segregation; however, even if desegregation was 100 percent successful, the relationship between human beings in this country would remain deeply problematic.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe also shared Dr. King\u0026rsquo;s view on the difference between desegregation and integration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In Dr. King\u0026rsquo;s view, desegregation was a negative formulation,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Integration, King said, is the positive acceptance of desegregation and the welcome participation of Negroes into the total range of human activities\u0026ndash;integration is genuine intergroup, interpersonal interactions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGlaude spoke of Dr. King\u0026rsquo;s last months before he was murdered, noting that this is a version of Dr. King that is far less celebrated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;On February 23, 1968, Dr. King spoke at an event celebrating the 100\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E birthday of W.E.B. DuBois. Afterward, one of his closest advisers said that he\u0026rsquo;d never heard Dr. King read something so badly,\u0026rdquo; said Glaude. \u0026ldquo;Instead of commanding the room and using his oratory skills to empower the crowd, he just read his speech and was done.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA few years removed from the euphoria of the March on Washington in 1963, and the historic \u0026quot;I Have a Dream\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;speech,\u0026nbsp;Dr. King was now faced with the uncertainty of his moral vision for the country, according to Glaude.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Dr. King had come to understand the depths of American racism, yet underestimated how deeply rooted racism was in the habits of American life,\u0026rdquo; he continued. \u0026ldquo;He was clear\u0026ndash;unless we are honest with ourselves, tell the truth about who we are and what we\u0026rsquo;ve done, we will never solve the problem of racial injustice in this country.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s MLK Celebration events throughout January, visit \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/2023-mlk-celebration-and-commemorative-event-series\u0022\u003Ediversity.gatech.edu\/2023-mlk-celebration-and-commemorative-event-series\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe New York Times Bestselling Author spoke with attendees on Thursday, January 12.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The New York Times Bestselling Author spoke with attendees on Thursday, January 12."}],"uid":"36136","created_gmt":"2023-01-20 20:49:50","changed_gmt":"2023-01-20 21:02:16","author":"tparrett3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"664943":{"id":"664943","type":"image","title":"Eddie Glaude Jr. poses with Archie Ervin, Ph.D., vice president of Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Rohan Sohani, SGA President.","body":null,"created":"1674248344","gmt_created":"2023-01-20 20:59:04","changed":"1674248344","gmt_changed":"2023-01-20 20:59:04","alt":"Archie Ervin, Eddie Glaude Jr, and Rohan Sohani pose in front of a backgroup that reads Georgia Tech Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion","file":{"fid":"251532","name":"Eddie Glaude2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Eddie%20Glaude2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Eddie%20Glaude2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":364106,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Eddie%20Glaude2.png?itok=vSnusF76"}}},"media_ids":["664943"],"groups":[{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETammy Parrett (she\/her)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}