Kimberlé Crenshaw, Civil Rights activist, author of The Critical Race theory and professor at UCLA was a guest speaker for the Commemorative Martin Luther King Jr. program.
Crenshaw was welcomed with open arms by LSU students. Crenshaw shared how honored she felt to be chosen as a speaker this year. It’s
a delight to be invited into an institution for such an important event such as the Martin Luther King Commemorative Celebration Activities
In her speech Crenshaw addressed how Martin Luther King Jr. would feel if he knew his dream for equality  in schools differed from his vision. Crenshaw states “Well Dr. King I can’t really say we have just schools and can’t really say we have just schools we still have schools Dr. King but they’re not really segregated but they’re not exactly integrated either”.
Crenshaw also addresses how racism in Martin Luther King’s time differs from racism today with the term post racialism.  Post racial means colorblindness it doesn’t matter whether the goal of using race is to segregate or to integrate.
The Coordinator of Multicultural affairs Krystie Nguyen explains why this event is so important to LSU and its students.  Nguyen stated ”We try to encapsulate the meaning of Black History Month but also the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his work”.
 Crenshaw’s speech showed LSU students that Martin Luther king dream of equality has a long journey ahead. Crenshaw stated “Obstacles that make equality opportunities a mere myth to than reality to many of our students”.
Crenshaw hopes that students will learn about issues of race and be comfortable about expressing their views on race issues. Crenshaw believes that talking about racism is imperative.
Crenshaw’s speech to students and faculty at LSU makes us realize that racial issues still exist in our society.