Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast Set for Jan. 20 at Southern Miss Hattiesburg Campus
Wed, 01/08/2025 - 09:36am | By: Dr. David Tisdale
Carlton Reeves
The Mu Gamma Lambda and Mu Xi chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will host the 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Ecumenical and Scholarship Prayer Breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, in the Thad Cochran Center ballrooms at The University of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Hattiesburg campus. Admission is free and members of the university and local communities are invited to attend.
Carlton Reeves, district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, will serve as guest speaker. A native of Fort Hood, Texas, Reeves grew up in Yazoo City, Miss. and was a student in the first integrated public-school classroom in the state; he was also the first in his family to attend college, earning an undergraduate degree鈥搈agna cum laude鈥揻rom Jackson State University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. He served as a law clerk for Judge Reuben Anderson, the first African American to serve on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
The event will also include recognition of local citizens for service to the Southern Miss and Hattiesburg communities, and the awarding of textbook scholarships to local high school seniors planning to attend college in the fall as part of Alpha Phi Alpha鈥檚 鈥淕o to High School, Go to College鈥� educational initiative.
鈥淔or nearly two decades, our fraternity has been honored with the privilege of bringing this event to the university and Hattiesburg communities in the spirit of fellowship and to remember a great man who advanced the best of humanity,鈥� said Dr. Eddie Holloway, coordinator of the prayer breakfast.
鈥淲e鈥檙e grateful to Judge Reeves for serving as guest speaker and, as always, we happily welcome everyone to join us for a great breakfast, prayer, music and to honor local citizens for their work to make the Pine Belt a wonderful place to live and work,鈥� Holloway added.
For more information, contact Dr. Holloway at eddie.holloway@usm.edu.