MLK March
Trinity students, faculty, and staff speak truth to power
Trinity has honored the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. for decades, launching a speaker series and an officially sanctioned celebration in 1997.
In response to student and faculty requests, then-president Ronald Calgaard led the University to sponsor a week of activities to honor the civil rights leader, rather than just declaring a holiday from classes.
The inaugural MLK speaker in 1997 was Clarence Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winning and nationally syndicated columnist with the Chicago Tribune. Page discussed the legacy and relevance of King's teaching. Other events included a campus march patterned after the Birmingham march, readings and skits on the Coates esplanade by the Trinity University Players, and movies. The following year, civil rights activist Julian Bond addressed a capacity audience in Laurie Auditorium.
An estimated 300-plus students, faculty, and staff then attended San Antonio’s MLK march. This same enthusiasm carries forward to the present day: Campus continues to honor MLK day as a chance to march for equity for all, and an opportunity to speak truth to power.
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