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<\/a><\/p>\nBe a part of Civil Rights history at the Hunt Library on Saturday, Feb. 15. with a full day of free, public events featuring a virtual reality experience of one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s most iconic speeches. Other events include a choral performance, family activities, guided tours, and a community discussion on advocacy.<\/p>\n
NC State researchers, led by Dr. Victoria Gallagher, will immerse community members in King\u2019s \u201cFill Up the Jails\u201d speech\u2014originally titled \u201cA Creative Protest\u201d and delivered on February 16, 1960 at White Rock Baptist Church in Durham. In the Hunt Library\u2019s 270-degree visualization space, visitors can virtually walk around the historic White Rock sanctuary, hear a re-creation of King\u2019s speech, and virtually sit with congregation members.<\/p>\n
Visitors may\u00a0sign up for a guided tour<\/a>\u00a0of this vMLK exhibition, led by project leaders Dr. Victoria Gallagher and Dr. Derek Ham. Tours are approximately 90 minutes with moderate walking and standing. Self-guided tours will also be available throughout the duration of the event.<\/p>\n Events at the Hunt Library (1070 Partners Way, Raleigh) include:<\/p>\n 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.\u00a0Self-guided tours throughout the day The vMLK project will soon be available to K-12 classrooms, helping students understand Civil Rights history and current-day advocacy.<\/p>\n The day of events is co-sponsored by the NC State University Libraries, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the College of Design and is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the North Carolina Humanities Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"By Chris Tonelli | University Libraries\n\n By Chris Tonelli | University Libraries Be a part of Civil Rights history at the Hunt Library on Saturday, Feb. 15. with a full day of free, public events featuring a virtual reality experience of one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s most iconic speeches. Other events include a choral performance, family activities, guided tours,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":20129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[19,9],"class_list":["post-20128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external-recognition","category-uncategorized","tag-_featured","tag-art-design"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.\u00a0Family activities
\n11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.\u00a0Guided tours of the exhibition led by Dr. Victoria Gallagher and Dr. Derek Ham. Space is limited; pre-registration required at\u00a0go.ncsu.edu\/MLKtour<\/a>
\n11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.\u00a0Food for purchase from Piri Catering
\n12:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.\u00a0Choral performances by the White Rock Baptist Church Choir and NC State\u2019s Uninhibited Praise Gospel Choir
\n12:45 p.m. & 1:45 p.m.\u00a0Book introduction and signing with Dr. Joyce Blackwell
\n2:00 p.m.\u00a0Community discussion on advocacy<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\nBe a part of Civil Rights history at the Hunt Library on Saturday, Feb. 15. with a full day of free, public events featuring a virtual reality experience of one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s most iconic speeches. Other events include a choral performance, family activities, guided tours, and a community discussion on advocacy.\n\nNC State researchers, led by Dr. Victoria Gallagher, will immerse community members in King\u2019s \u201cFill Up the Jails\u201d speech\u2014originally titled \u201cA Creative Protest\u201d and delivered on February 16, 1960 at White Rock Baptist Church in Durham. In the Hunt Library\u2019s 270-degree visualization space, visitors can virtually walk around the historic White Rock sanctuary, hear a re-creation of King\u2019s speech, and virtually sit with congregation members.\n\nVisitors may\u00a0sign up for a guided tour<\/a>\u00a0of this vMLK exhibition, led by project leaders Dr. Victoria Gallagher and Dr. Derek Ham. Tours are approximately 90 minutes with moderate walking and standing. Self-guided tours will also be available throughout the duration of the event.\n\nEvents at the Hunt Library (1070 Partners Way, Raleigh) include:\n\n10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.\u00a0Self-guided tours throughout the day\n10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.\u00a0Family activities\n11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.\u00a0Guided tours of the exhibition led by Dr. Victoria Gallagher and Dr. Derek Ham. Space is limited; pre-registration required at\u00a0go.ncsu.edu\/MLKtour<\/a>\n11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.\u00a0Food for purchase from Piri Catering\n12:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.\u00a0Choral performances by the White Rock Baptist Church Choir and NC State\u2019s Uninhibited Praise Gospel Choir\n12:45 p.m. & 1:45 p.m.\u00a0Book introduction and signing with Dr. Joyce Blackwell\n2:00 p.m.\u00a0Community discussion on advocacy\n\nThe vMLK project will soon be available to K-12 classrooms, helping students understand Civil Rights history and current-day advocacy.\n\nThe day of events is co-sponsored by the NC State University Libraries, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the College of Design and is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the North Carolina Humanities Council."},"excerpt":{"rendered":"