Stanford Celebrates MLK Day With 4-Day Festival: Report

STANFORD, CA — Stanford is holding a four-day virtual festival to commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Stanford News reports.

The online event will feature musical performances, documentary films and conversations inspired by his unanswered question of where do we go from here?

Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute is hosting the festival.

The free event is open to the public.

The festival opens Friday and extends through the holiday on Monday.

Clayborne Carson, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor of History, Emeritus, at Stanford, and director of the King Institute said the holiday is an opportunity for the public to learn about how the slain civil rights leader’s life relates to contemporary life in the Bay Area.

“I hope the King Holiday can become an occasion for informing people about King’s legacy and how it relates to the King Institute, but more broadly, how it relates to the San Francisco Bay Area,” Carson said.

“One of the things that will be made clear is that the King family has had a very special relationship with this area and with Stanford.”

To view the festival schedule visit here.

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