The William Monroe Trotter Lecture is a public engagement program that will both make more visible the works of the W.M. Trotter Multicultural Center; as well as, the extraordinary legacy of civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter and to more concretely contribute to the intellectual life of our amazing university. For our 2nd Annual Lecture, we will present Marv Fox, Jr. as our keynote speaker and will also introduce the narratives of Hattie McKinney of the University of Michigan Black Student Union and Sean Pitt of the University of Michigan Central Student Government.

On February 8th at 6 p.m., in the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom Marv Fox, Jr. will captivate us by sharing his model of Success, where to achieve greatness we must Dream, Declare and Commit. When the road to Become great is riddled with adversity, Marv will teach us how to reach our genius level talent. Hattie and Sean will share with us their journeys to greatness and the trials they had to overcome to Become scholars and leaders at the University of Michigan. This lecture will draw parallels from the successes of our extraordinary civil rights activist legacy William Monroe Trotter and the mission of leaders at the University of Michigan, to contribute to the advancement of intellectual integrity and social change.