{"id":4,"date":"2015-08-24T14:09:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mlk\/home\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T21:14:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:14:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mlk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. King&#8217;s Visit to Saint Peter&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4\" class=\"elementor elementor-4\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f151db9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f151db9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-691c4c55\" data-id=\"691c4c55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dab2cf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dab2cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. King\u2019s Visit to Saint Peter\u2019s\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2380ca9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2380ca9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On September 22, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a crowd of approximately 500 people at the Michaelmas Convocation, an annual ceremony that recognizes Saint Peter&#8217;s students for outstanding academic achievement. 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