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MLK oration contest scheduled

The preliminary round of an oratorical competition sponsored by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 23 at Kresge Little Theater from 5-7pm. The topic is "Malcolm and Martin: The Evolution of a a Black Community Hangs in the Balance."

The final round will take place at the Black Graduate Students Association Ebony Affair on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 7pm in Walker MemorIal. For additional information, contact Dean Leo Osgood Jr. at x3-7940 or cod@mit.edu, or Huanne Thomas at huanne@mit.edu.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on February 16, 2000.

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