2013
Emancipation Proclamation in Nashville
Feb. 12, 2013—Our University Chaplain, Rev. Mark Forrester moderated a panel discussing the meaning and legacy of the Emancipation Proclamation when the actual historical document is in Nashville at Tennessee’s State Museum starting February 12, 2013 – President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The document rarely leaves the National Archives in Washington, D.C., but will travel as part of...
2013 MLK Commemoration – January 21st
Jan. 21, 2013—Click here for more images Vanderbilt University 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemoration The Presence of Justice: Bursting the Silent Bubbles The Vanderbilt community celebrated MLK Day 2013 as a day of celebration and service. Classes were canceled and students participated in a number of service activities over the weekend leading into the Monday...