Photo gallery Marking MLK Day with a history-making leader
Mandela Barnes, who earlier this month became Wisconsin’s first African-American lieutenant governor, gave the keynote speech at this year’s campus celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
![Four people laugh and talk at a table.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/01/MLK_Day19_8066-1024x683.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Edward Brown, Jr., chief of staff for the Chief Diversity Officer; Karla Foster, assistant director of Cultural Programming for the Multicultural Student Center; Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims; and Associate Dean Bonnie Candia-Bailey a share a laugh following the event.![Photo: Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes talks with a former teacher of his.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/01/MLK_Day19_7719-1024x683.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Shahanna Baldon, director of professional learning for the Minority Student Achievement Network, speaks with Barnes. Baldon taught Barnes at John Marshall High School in Milwaukee.![Photo: A close up of drawings being colored in.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/01/MLK_Day19_7590-1024x683.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Participants color pictures of sports figure Muhammad Ali and writer Maya Angelou.