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Tune In: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1966 speech at SMU

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

SMU celebrates Dream Week 2013 through Friday, Jan. 25. And each year since 2008, the University shares online the speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made to a standing-room-only crowd in SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium Mar. 17, 1966. The recording was given to the … Continue reading →

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Dallas Hall celebrates 100 years on the Hilltop

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

On a chilly Thanksgiving Day in 1912, several thousand people gathered on a hill six miles from downtown Dallas. They had traveled by car and chartered train to celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of Dallas Hall, an event The Dallas … Continue reading →

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