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Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

24th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast

Each year, UMass Dartmouth hosts a special event to honor and celebrate the enduring legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As a tribute to Dr. King's vision, leadership, and commitment to equality and justice, the event will feature a full breakfast, musical performances, remarks from Chancellor Mark A. Fuller, and a keynote address from New York Times best-selling author and award-winning historian Dr. Keisha N. Blain.

Date and Time

  • Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
  • Time: 8:30 a.m.
  • Location: The Marketplace
  • Tickets: Information on tickets will be announced in December 2025.
Keisha Blain headshot

Event Highlights

Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian whose work reshapes understandings of race, gender, and politics in national and global contexts. A Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, she earned her Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 2014 and is a columnist for MSNBC and former president of the African American Intellectual History Society. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and Andrew Carnegie Fellow, Blain is the author of the acclaimed Set the World on Fire and Until I Am Free, both celebrated for illuminating Black women’s leadership in freedom struggles. Her latest book, Without Fear, offers a sweeping history of Black women’s central role in shaping the modern human rights movement. Blain has edited five books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Four Hundred Souls. A highly sought-after speaker, her commentary appears widely across major national and international media outlets.

The 24th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast is sponsored by the Office of Civil Rights.

Location & Parking

The event will be held at the Marketplace, located across from the Campus Center and above the Frederick Douglass Unity House. Parking is available in Lots 4 and 5.

Contact Information

For inquiries or additional information, please contact:

Gail Gonsalves at 508-999-8810 or ggonsalves1@umassd.edu