Photo: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Emory University President William Chace during the1998 Commencement Ceremony. Photograph courtesy of Brad Wrisley.

The exhibition Enduring Legacy: Photographs by Jim Alexander from his SPIRITS/MARTYRS/HEROES Project will open in the Main Gallery of Schatten Gallery on January 21, 2003 as one of the key events planned to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Week at Emory University. An opening reception is planned for Tuesday, January 21st from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Jones Room adjacent to the gallery. Enduring Legacy will feature fifty photographs depicting individuals who have dedicated their lives to making the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a reality. Notable figures Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, and Hosea Williams are featured as well as other nationally known figures such as Rosa Parks, Dick Gregory and Stevie Wonder. Along with thousands more individuals who are lesser known, these figures have made great contributions through their non-violent social actions, community service, and work within politics, education and the arts in the hopes that their generation would be the last to face daily struggles in the cause of human rights for all. The exhibition is sponsored by the Program in African American Studies, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance Committee, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Friends of the Emory University Libraries and will remain on view through February 28, 2003.

Sponsored by:
Program in African American Studies
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance Committee
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Friends of the Emory University Libraries

HOME