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Convocation honors
Dr. Martin Luther King

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2004) - Florida Southern College will hold a convocation to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 19 at 10:10 a.m. in Branscomb Auditorium. 

The program, led by President Thomas Reuschling, begins with an Invocation by the Reverend Tim Wright, FSC Chaplain. Remarks by Dr. Claudia Slate, English professor, on "Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things: Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Four, and the Freedom Riders," will be followed by a musical selection, "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," by the student Gospel Choir. 

Keynote speaker Dr. Craig Bythewood, business professor, will discuss "The 'Core' of the King Legacy." Benediction will be given by the Rev. Delano McIntosh, pastor of College Heights United Methodist Church. 

The convocation will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Slate, Bythewood, McIntosh, and African American Studies faculty from 11:15 a.m. to 12 noon in the Anne MacGregor Jenkins Recital Hall (Branscomb 202). 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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