Dialogues for Diversity Series - Brand Recognition: How Martin Luther King, Jr. Built A Legacy Beyond Trends
Building: Online
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Time: 06:30 pm End Time: 07:30 pm
Event Category: Diversity Programs
Division Host: Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived a life of impact and influence different from many of today's social media influencers, who center in creating trends and/or going viral. Dr. King's aesthetics, ministry, service, and political engagement fostered a brand that is associated with style, justice, movement, and effectiveness. How does the estate of Dr. King foster his brand? What does the life and legacy of Dr. King, Jr. tell us about sustaining a brand?
Speaker tonya thames-taylor is an Associate Professor of History (American), founding director of the African American Studies Program, member of the Executive Committee of the Frederick Douglass Institute, and currently the interim director of Rustin Urban Community Change AxiS (RUCCAS) at West Chester University. In April 2022, she was recognized as one of the 150 Most Influential Women at West Chester University. Her most recent body of work includes lecture the importance of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the impact of the work of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She is graduate of Tougaloo College and the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).
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