- Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers, Audio-Visual Materials Series
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Pioneer High School, January 15, 1990
- Date of Original:
- 1990-01-15
- Subject:
- Education--Curricula
African American scholars
Ethnology
Pan-Africanism - Location:
- United States, Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, 42.27756, -83.74088
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- On January 15th, 1990, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III served as the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Hilliard begins speaking at the 00:10:30 time mark after an introduction by Ann Arbor Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Richard Benjamin. In Dr. Hilliard's speech, he calls Martin Luther King, Jr., a "hero of struggle" and points out that Dr. King was not the first person of African descent to resist oppression. Hilliard stresses the importance of knowing one's history, and he discusses African American related historical topics, including human origins, Ancient Egypt, Marcus Garvey, and resistance movements in the Caribbean.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.092:0009
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 01:14:06
- Original Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:092 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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