LawTalk Ep. 26 - 8th Annual MLK Convocation: A View from the Mountaintop

This episode,The 8th Annual MLK Convocation - A View from the Mountaintop: Reflections on Social Justice in Today's World, looks at the modern progress of social justice through the lens of Martin Luther King’s last speech, and contrasts it to the public perception of MLK’s impact on social progress. This year’s event featured Nekima Levy Armstrong; a civil rights attorney, activist, national expert on racial justice, former law professor, and legal scholar. Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Ra'Shya Ghee '13 facilitated the conversation. Dean Garry W. Jenkins shared opening remarks and an overview of our Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. annual series. This event was recorded on January 19th, 2023. A video replay of the lecture is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/W_wObhMoVgI) Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://z.umn.edu/Ep26Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool