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News Release
EVENT NEWS / January 12, 2008
Boise State University Honors Martin Luther King Jr. with
March and Rally, Poetry Slam, Rebecca Walker Lecture
NOTE: The poetry slam information has been updated with a
new time and details.
Boise State University’s Martin Luther King Jr./Human Rights Celebration
will honor the slain civil rights leader’s legacy with three events the week
of Jan. 19. All events are free and open to the public.
• The annual March and Rally will be held at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 19. Marchers
may gather
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in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom on the second floor at 9:30
a.m.; the march begins at 10:45 a.m. and will culminate in a rally at the
Boise City Hall Plaza.
• A poetry slam at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom will
feature Patricia Smith. A reception and book signing will follow at 8 p.m.
Smith is a well-known poetry performer who has read her work at venues from
Stockholm to Georgia. Her book of poetry, “Blood Dazzler,” was a 2008
National Book Award Finalist. The book follows Hurricane Katrina from Aug.
23, 2005, when it formed, to its aftermath. The poet Mark Doty wrote, “With
her radiant powers of empathy, her fiercely acute ear for the musical
possibilities of American speech, and her undiluted rage, Patricia Smith
makes in Katrina’s wake a sorrowful, unflinching, and glorious book.” She
also is the author of “Teahouse of the Almighty,” which was a National
Poetry Series winner.
• The keynote presentation at 6 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Student Union Jordan
Ballroom will feature noted activist, feminist and author Rebecca Walker.
Walker’s most recent book is the memoir “Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood
After a Lifetime of Ambivalence.” Her other works include “Black, White and
Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self” and “To Be Real: Telling the Truth
and Changing the Face of Feminism.” Walker is considered one of the foremost
voices of “third-wave” feminism and has spoken at universities such as MIT
and Stanford as well as in front of companies such as Microsoft and Sony
Music.
For more information about this year’s events, visit
http://mlk.boisestate.edu.
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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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enrollment, new academic buildings, additional degree programs and a growing
research agenda. Learn more at
www.boisestate.edu.
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