National Convocation on Liberal Arts Colleges in a World of Change, 1967
On Oct. 29, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the Grinnell campus.
He delivered his prophetic message, "Remaining Awake During a Revolution,"
just one day before beginning his 19th jail sentence for his involvement in the civil
rights movement, and only six months before his April 1968 assassination.
Forty years later, King's words are more relevant than ever. Grinnell College commemorated
the anniversary with a week-long symposium on campus, Sept. 23-29, 2007.
Two Grinnell alumni, journalist Robert Hodierne '68 and Derrick Te Paske '68,
documented King's visit as student photographers. The images they took of this historic
event were on display in Grinnell's Smith Gallery in the Rosenfield Center, and
are also available in this slideshow.
