The University of Montana’s annual President’s Lecture Series will launch in the new year with a visit by acclaimed writer and professor Dr. Lerone A. Martin.

Titled “Becoming King: How a Wavering Teenager Became a Global Icon,” the lecture will serve as UM’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day principal event. The talk at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, will be held at UM’s Alice Lund Instructional Auditorium and can be viewed live on Zoom by registering in advance. It is free and open to the public.

By Abigail Lauten-Scrivner, UM News Service