Stories about "Selma"
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Filmboard to screen, panel to discuss ‘Selma’
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 11:02 am
"Selma," director Ava DuVernay's acclaimed depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights for African Americans, shows at Bates College Feb. 27-March 1.
![Peniel Joseph, Tufts University historian and author, delivers Bates' 2015 MLK Day keynote address. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2015/01/150119_MLK_Keynote_0546-400x267.jpg)
MLK Day keynote: Black Lives Matter movement is a sign of hope
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12:19 pm
What does the Black Lives Matter movement really want? In his keynote address during Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates College, historian Peniel Joseph had an answer.