Florida State University's MLK Week has celebrated the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for more than three decades. The week of events across campus aligns with Dr. King's birthday on January 15 and the federal holiday observed on the third Monday of the month. In addition to the week's speakers, performances, dialogues and other events, FSU honors Dr. King's legacy with the presentation of the MLK Book Stipend for students. The goal of the week is to bring the FSU and Tallahassee communities together to reflect on the past and support one another to build a better world for tomorrow.
The goal of the week is to bring the FSU and Tallahassee communities together to reflect on the past and support one another to build a better world for tomorrow. The celebration highlights Dr. King’s framework for advocacy through the Six Principles of Nonviolence. Created by Dr. King, these principles were strengthened by Coretta Scott King’s continued advocacy and the monumental development of the King Center. We encourage you to reflect on each of these Six Principles of Nonviolence as we move through the week and think about how we as a community can do the work to build a better tomorrow.
Join us at the first Market Wednesday of the semester. Work with others to build a jenga set and test your trivia skills to win prizes. Events throughout the week will have exclusive merch. Come learn what MLK Week is all about at the official kickoff!
This event focuses on the Fifth Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
Join us for a Dialogue Dinner centered on connection, understanding, and shared responsibility. This evening is designed as a space where student leaders can come together to engage in meaningful conversation across differences. As individuals who help break barriers on our campus, we believe it is equally important to take time to break bread together—recognizing that dialogue, empathy, and understanding are often nurtured most effectively around the table.
This event focuses on the Second Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute will host the third annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration “Memories of A Living King”. The event honors the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a unique blend of art, performance, and community engagement, with the following objectives: memorialize Dr. King's contributions to the global community, educate and demonstrate the American Civil Rights Movement through the arts, and garner broad community input into the strategic direction of the FSU Civil Rights Institute.
This event focuses on the Fourth Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence holds that suffering for a cause can educate and transform people and societies.
Below is a list of Tallahassee events in honor of the national Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and ways to get involved with service all year round.
This event focuses on the Third Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
Enjoy a night celebrating FSU community members, featuring a performance by the FSU Gospel Choir, and an engaging conversation with our keynote speaker Leslie Odom, Jr. This commemoration event for FSU's 38th Annual MLK Week is one you won't want to miss!
This event is sold out. Ticket is required for entry.
About the keynote speaker: Leslie Odom, Jr. is a Tony and Grammy Award-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated songwriter, actor, and New York Times bestselling author. Odom is best known for his breakout role as ‘Aaron Burr’ in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Hamilton, but has continued to captivate audiences across multiple platforms through six albums, two books, and an unbelievable amount of television, film, and stage roles. Film and television credits include Rian Johnson’s record-breaking 2022 Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, for Netflix, Abbott Elementary, Harriet, The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to David Chase’s award-winning HBO series The Sopranos, Apple TV+’s Central Park (2020 Emmy nomination), Hamilton on Disney+ (2021 Emmy nomination), host of “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!” on CBS (2022 Emmy nomination), The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, and many more.
This event focuses on the First Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
