The luncheon is held each year and attracts a capacity audience of 250 students, faculty, staff, and community guests. Some of the distinguished keynote speakers to address the luncheon in the past include Julian Bond, James Farmer, Randall Robinson, and the late Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, and History, founding Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies (1993-2003) and Director of the newly established Center for Contemporary Black History at Columbia University in New York City.

Admission is free. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. See you there!