Dr. Lerone Martin - Becoming King: How a Wavering Teenager Became a Global Icon

Thursday, January 26, 2023

ALI Auditorium in the Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Zoom

7:30 p.m.

This event is generously sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, supported by the Humanities Institute and the following entities at the University of Montana: African-American Studies Department, College of Health, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, Office of the Provost, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, Communication Studies and UM Athletics. 

This lecture serves as the University of Montana's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day principal event. All are welcome to join us in celebrating the King holiday here on campus.

Biography

A historian of religion in the twentieth century, Dr. Lerone A. Martin speaks about the intersection of religion and politics in American life to audiences nationwide. The faculty director of Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Dr. Martin has published widely, including the award-winning Preaching on Wax: The Phonograph and the Making of Modern African American Religion. His forthcoming book is The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism.