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Lecture/Presentation/Talk
The First Eight: A Fireside Chat with Congressman Jim Clyburn

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm PST

Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
MLK: Live from the Archives

Thursday, January 15, 2026 | 4:30pm - 6:30pm PST

Simonyi Conference Center, 4/F, CoDa Building
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
Grand Opening on the Main Quad of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

Memorial Church
Conference / Symposium
2025 King & Faith Symposium at Memorial Church: The Day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Came to Stanford

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm PST
Conference / Symposium
2025 Health Equity Symposium

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | 8:30am - 4:00pm PST

Arrillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
"A Beginning in Birmingham”: Vincent Harding, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Curious Contributions of a Black Mennonite Civil Rights Activist

Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm PDT

Building 360
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
The Darkened Light of Faith

Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm PDT
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
The Civil Rights Act at 60: Is Martin Luther King, Jr's Dream for Chicago and the Country Attainable?

Monday, April 29, 2024 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT (5:00pm - 6:30pm PDT)
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
Levan Book Chats-Diane Winston

Monday, March 18, 2024 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Conference / Symposium
2024 Health Equity Symposium

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 | 8:30am - 3:30pm PST

Arrillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
An Evening of Living History: A Conversation with Clarence B. Jones

Monday, January 8, 2024 | 4:30pm - 6:00pm PST

Stanford Neurosciences Building
Exhibition
MLK Institute Open House

Monday, January 8, 2024 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm PST

Cypress Hall D
Conference/Symposium
1963 Then & Now: A 60-Year Retrospective of America

Friday, October 13, 2023 | 9:30am - 3:00pm PDT

Stanford Humanities Center
Conference/Symposium
1963 Then & Now: A 60-Year Retrospective of America

Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 11:00am - 5:30pm PDT

Stanford Humanities Center
Conference/Symposium
Guaranteed Income in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision for Racial and Economic Justice

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | 5:30pm - 6:45pm PDT

Stanford Humanities Center
At the Table with Dr. King

Thursday, October 29, 2020 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
2020 King Institute Open House

Friday, January 17, 2020 | 2:00pm - 5:00pm PST

466 Via Ortega, Cypress Hall D, Stanford, CA 94305
A Time to Break Silence: Rediscovering King's Anti-war Speech

Thursday, January 16, 2020 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm PST

Stanford Memorial Church
2019 King Institute Open House

Friday, January 18, 2019 | 2:00pm - 5:00pm PST

Cypress Hall D, 466 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Cemex Auditorium, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA

Past events

The First Eight: A Fireside Chat with Congressman Jim Clyburn

MLK: Live from the Archives

Grand Opening on the Main Quad of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute

2025 King & Faith Symposium at Memorial Church: The Day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Came to Stanford

2025 Health Equity Symposium

"A Beginning in Birmingham”: Vincent Harding, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Curious Contributions of a Black Mennonite Civil Rights Activist

The Darkened Light of Faith

The Civil Rights Act at 60: Is Martin Luther King, Jr's Dream for Chicago and the Country Attainable?

Levan Book Chats-Diane Winston

2024 Health Equity Symposium

An Evening of Living History: A Conversation with Clarence B. Jones

MLK Institute Open House

1963 Then & Now: A 60-Year Retrospective of America

1963 Then & Now: A 60-Year Retrospective of America

Guaranteed Income in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision for Racial and Economic Justice

At the Table with Dr. King

2020 King Institute Open House

A Time to Break Silence: Rediscovering King's Anti-war Speech

2019 King Institute Open House

50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

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