Archived MLK/BHM Celebration Speakers

Check out our past speakers who commemorated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Sharon Fries-Britt

2023

Sharon Fries-Britt, PhD
Professor of Higher Education and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)

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Anthony K. Wutoh

2021

Anthony K. Wutoh, PhD ’96, BSP ’90, RPH
Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Howard University
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Angela Alsobrooks

2019

Angela Alsobrooks, JD ’96

Prince George’s County (Md.) Executive

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2017 Sherrilyn A. Ifill, JD

2017

Sherrilyn A. Ifill, JD

President and director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

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Marco Williams

2015

Marco Williams

Director, MLK Boulevard: The Concrete Dream

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Larry Gibson

2013

Larry Gibson, LLB

Professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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Lawrence T. Brown

2022

Lawrence T. Brown, PhD, MPA
Educator, Equity Scientist, and Author
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Roni Ellington

2020

Roni Ellington, PhD, MA
Associate Professor, Morgan State University
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Pamela V. Hammond

2018

Pamela V. Hammond, RN, PhD, ScD (hon), FAAN, ANEF

President and CEO, The Hammond Group, LLC

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Robert Bell

2016

Robert M. Bell, JD

Former chief judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland

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Joseph Jones

2014

Joseph T. Jones

President and founder, Center for Urban Families

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