CREDE - Center for Race, Ethnicity & Diversity Education

Harvey B. Gantt, the first African American elected to lead North Carolina’s largest city, visits Elon this month for an annual commemorative program to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The former Charlotte mayor will speak Jan. 14 at noon in Whitley Auditorium.

Three dozen students, staff and faculty filled the African-American Resource Room on Dec. 5 for the inaugural Kwanzaa Celebration hosted by the Multicultural Student Council and the African/African-American Studies Program.

Some of the top students on campus were honored April 26 during an annual awards program that recognizes the accomplishments of African-American students at Elon University.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered at an annual program this week as a civil rights leader who encouraged people to believe in their own abilities and, according to an acclaimed key note speaker, helped change the hearts and minds of many Americans.