Adams State
MLK Week includes a Keynote Address: “MLK: Nonviolence in a Violent World,” by Emeritus Professor of History Ed Crowther, Ph.D. The event begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in McDaniel Hall 101. The lecture is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
Dr. Crowther is a published author of several books and peer-reviewed articles, including topics that address Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. A passionate scholar, Dr. Crowther served on the MLK Week committee for over ten years during his tenure at Adams State, bringing in impressive guest speakers including Reverend Samuel Kyles, close friend to Martin Luther King Jr. and witness to King’s murder; Charles Payne, Ph.D., the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago; Bob Moses, civil rights activist and founder of the Algebra Project; Wayne Flynt, co-founder of the Alabama Poverty Project and Sowing Seeds of Hope; and Charles E. Cobb, Jr., Field Secretary in the Mississippi Delta Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Crowther retired from Adams State in 2018 but continues to serve the institution in many capacities including Adams State University Foundation Board Chair and assistant football coach.
The 2024 theme, “It Starts with Me: Shifting the Cultural Climate through the study and practice of Kingian Nonviolence,” includes an opportunity for Adams State faculty, staff, and students to participate in A Day of Service on January 20, with La Puente Home, Inc.
