AU town hall meeting to discuss Dr. King, Obama

A town hall meeting discussing the journey from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Civil Rights Movement to Barack Obama being elected as president will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in room 2222 of the Auburn University Student Center, according to a press release from Auburn University.

This event “From Dr. King to Mr. President: The African-American Journey from Civil Rights to the White House” is open to the public.

AU Associate Professor of History David Carter will moderate university experts in a discussion of the election of Obama in relation to Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for America, the release states.

“We want to examine what Barack Obama’s election as president means for African-Americans,” said the Rev. Dr. Wells Warren, Episcopal Chaplain to Auburn University, in the release. “Dr. King gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in the nation’s capitol almost 50 years ago, and we want to talk about that dream of equality and opportunity for all Americans.”

The town hall meeting is part of the 10th annual celebration of King’s life and ministry and is sponsored by St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Auburn.

The event is co-sponsored by the Auburn University College of Liberal Arts Diversity Officers Team.