Michael Eric Dyson, a Georgetown University sociology professor and principal lecturer at the event, speaks at UNC's 39th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Lecture and Award Ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. "It's extremely important to talk about on King's birthday the fundamental interrelationship between various constituencies, modalities, moments and elements that make up who we are as a university community, as a broader community in Raleigh-Durham, more broadly Chapel Hill, more broadly North Carolina, and of course this nation," he said.