Loyola University Maryland's 2025 MLK Convocation

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nikole Hannah-Jones will deliver the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation address at Loyola University Maryland on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in McGuire Hall. The topic, “In Conversation about Truth, History, and The 1619 Project,” will be moderated by Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., the founding director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice and a professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola, along with David Carey, Ph.D., the Doehler Chair and professor of History at Loyola.

The event will also be live-streamed on YouTube, with closed captioning provided.

This event is part of the Bunting Peace & Justice Speaker Series and is free and open to the public, although advance registration is encouraged.