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MLK Peace Award Nominations

Nominations are open until November 30, 2025. Please nominate someone committed to promoting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision for the 2026 MLK Peace Award.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Breakfast

Friday, January 16, 2026

Check-in and breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m.
The program starts at 9:00 a.m.
The program will conclude at about 11:00 a.m.

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Featured Stories

Six Black children who attended Little Rock's Central High School sit outside the Supreme Court in this 1958 photo. From left to right: Carlotta Walls, 15, Melva Patillo, 16, Jefferson Thomas, 15, Minnie Jean Brown, 16, Gloria Ray, 15, and Elizabeth Edkford, 16. Photo: Getty Images

Member of the Little Rock Nine shares her story of desegregation

Civil-rights trailblazer Carlotta Walls LaNier to speak at MSU Denver's annual MLK Peace Breakfast on Jan. 13.

Cory Phare

January 6, 2023

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Jeff Fard, aka brother jeff, at an MSU Denver podium with a photo of Dr. King on a slide behind him

‘Overcoming the pandemic of racism’

The convergence of two public health crises – Covid and the continuing impacts of racism – took center stage ...

Cory Phare

January 28, 2022

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Khadijatu Fofanah at the MLK Breakfast

Until justice rolls down like waters

Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous simile inspired the theme of MSU Denver’s 2020 MLK Peace Breakfast: 'The Act of Fluidity'

Cory Phare

January 20, 2020

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Past Awardees

Celebrate the all of the MLK Peace Awardees.

MLK Past Awardees