Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration 2026

The Howard Thurman Center, the City of Boston, BU African American and Black Diaspora Studies, BU Libraries, and BU Government and Community Affairs would love to welcome you to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day Celebration 2026! Start your year in community with thoughtful, inspirational attendees and speakers at the George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom.

This year's theme is Justice Indivisible: Fighting Racism, Greed, and War.

Our keynote speaker is Dr. Eve L. Ewing. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. An associate professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, she is the award-winning author of five books. Her most recent book is Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism, an instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller.

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