![2020 MLK Day Keynote AddressBiased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and DoJennifer Lynn Eberhardt, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University.Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt of Stanford University gives the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address at Bates. (Nana Kofi Nti)Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt of Stanford University gives the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address at Bates. (Nana Kofi Nti)A social psychologist at Stanford, Eberhardt investigates the consequences of the psychological association between race and crime. Through interdisciplinary collaborations and a wide ranging array of methods — from laboratory studies to novel field experiments — Eberhardt has revealed the startling, and often dispiriting, extent to which racial imagery and judgments suffuse our culture and society, and in particular shape actions and outcomes within the domain of criminal justice.](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2020/01/200120_MLK_Keynote_0631-200x133.jpg)
Video: Dick Gregory and the ‘end of recess’
Dick Gregory, the African American comedian who transcended show-business success to become a prominent activist for social justice and civil rights, performed to a full house in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall on May 23.
The next morning, Gregory participated in a course on the 1960s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, taught by Multifaith Chaplain Bill Blaine-Wallace.
Gregory’s visit was also of interest to the history department’s methods course, this year centered on the turbulent 1960s and team-taught by African American Studies Chair Hilmar Jensen — who extended the invitation to Gregory — and Professor of History Margaret Creighton.
This short video focuses on Gregory ‘s visit to Blaine-Wallace’s SNCC class in Hathorn Hall, in which he expounds on a pointed social and educational observation he made the night before: “Recess is over.”
Gregory’s visit was co-sponsored by the Program in African American Studies and the Multifaith Chaplaincy.
He first appeared at Bates in 1968. He shares another Bates connection: Dr. Benjamin Mays ’20 presided over the renewal of Gregory’s wedding vows with his wife, Lillian.