{"id":6795,"date":"2022-01-24T09:42:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6795"},"modified":"2022-01-24T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:42:38","slug":"mu-celebrates-dr-martin-luther-king-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/01\/24\/mu-celebrates-dr-martin-luther-king-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"MU celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mlk-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mlk-logo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A logo for &quot;Spoken Word,&quot; an MU event celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-6796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mlk-logo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mlk-logo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mlk-logo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mlk-logo-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mlk-logo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today at 7 p.m., I hope everyone will attend our annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme is <a href=\"https:\/\/diversity.missouri.edu\/our-work\/mu-celebrates-martin-luther-king-jr\/\">\u201cSpoken Word: Facing the Challenges of Tomorrow\u201d<\/a> and features keynote speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2022\/her-authentic-self\/\">Ashley M. Jones<\/a>, Alabama\u2019s poet laureate. This all-virtual event is a chance for our community to come together and reflect on Dr. King\u2019s mission, timeless teachings and inspiring example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today at 7 p.m., I hope everyone will attend our annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s life and legacy. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cSpoken Word: Facing the Challenges of Tomorrow\u201d and features keynote speaker Ashley M. Jones, Alabama\u2019s poet laureate. This all-virtual event is a chance for our community to come together and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}