MLK forum on Thursday at ONU
The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech at Ohio Northern will be commemorated with a forum of six people who heard his talk here. The program, which will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Freed Canter, is free and open to the public.
Panelists include:
Terry Keiser, who taught biology
Alfred Cohoe, who taught psychology
Monty Siekerman, who was director of public information
Sadicka White, a student then
Bob Parsons, a student then
Joel Weaver, a student then.
An interesting note: Three members of the King family spoke at chapel services in January in the 1990s. They were:
Daughter Yolanda King, 1992
Coretta Scott King, 1993
Daughter Bernice King. 1994.
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