Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., Oct. 4, 2023, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Join us at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture at Harvard honoring nationally acclaimed civil rights advocate Loretta E. Lynch, ‘81, JD ‘84 who will deliver a keynote speech on October 4.

Loretta E. Lynch served as the 83rd U.S. attorney general from 2015 through 2017—only the second woman, and the first Black woman to hold that office. During her tenure, she worked to ensure equal protection of the law, notably in defense of LGBT equality in the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which made same-sex marriages legal in all 50 states. She vigorously defended the Voting Rights Act and challenged discrimination against transgender people.

At a young age, Lynch became inspired by students who planned anti-segregation boycotts at her father’s church and by listening to her grandfather’s stories helping Black families relocate away from places where Jim Crow was the norm in the 1930s.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Award Ceremonies, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Ethics, Humanities, Law, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Sponsored by the Harvard Office of the President and the Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Speaker(s): Loretta E. Lynch
Cost: Free
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