IU Indianapolis canceled its annual dinner honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. after hosting the event for nearly 60 years, according to a letter the university’s Black Student Union shared on Instagram.
The annual dinner is generally held around MLK Day in January of each year and was a collaboration between the university and the Black Student Union. In the letter, the student group’s executive board expressed concern that the cancellation is related to “broader political pressures.”
“This is not just about a dinner,” the letter posted Jan. 7 read, in part. “This is about institutional decisions being made without Black voices at the table.”…