Among Friends on the Banks of the Saco: MLK’s Historic Visit to UNE’s Biddeford Campus

Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at St. Francis College in 1964

On Martin Luther King Day, UNE looks back to 1964 when St. Francis College, its precursor institution on the Biddeford Campus, hosted King as the keynote speaker at a two-day symposium on human rights.

Read the story as well as President Herbert's reflections on King's legacy

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