To honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Colgate University is hosting a series of events on Monday. The campus-wide activities will feature readings of King's speeches and writings, discussions, workshops, and music.

At 7 p.m. in Colgate's Memorial Chapel, nationally renowned and award-winning artists Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Beau Sia, and Saul Williams will cap off the day's events with a spoken-word performance, a mix of poetic words, music, and hip-hop.

Michael Eric Dyson is not afraid to shake things up, which is why his lecture "From Sit-ins to Hip Hop: A Social Consciousness in a Post-King America" left students both moved intellectually and shaking with laughter.

Named by Ebony as one of the 100 most influential black Americans, Dyson is a university professor at Georgetown and author of 14 books.