Clemson University celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Clemson University is celebrating the birth, life and legacy of the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The celebration theme, “By All Means Keep Moving” is taken from a 1967 speech in Cleveland, Ohio. A commemorative service takes place at 6pm Tuesday, Jan. 16, at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts with keynote speaker, Jennifer Pinckney, widow of Pastor and State Senator Clementa Pinckney. He was one of nine people gunned down by white supremacist Dylan Roof in June of 2015 during a Charleston church service. In a separate event at 6pm Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Hendrix Student Center, members of the campus community will act out real scenarios of power, privilege and oppression in a simulated Tunnel of Oppression. Both events are free to attend.