Rep. Patrick O. Jefferson to Keynote Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program
Grambling State University to Host Evening March and Commemorative Program Monday, January 20
On January 20, 2020, Grambling State University will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an evening march and program, sponsored by the Favrot Student Union Board.
Campus and community are invited to the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program, beginning at the Eddie the Tiger statue at 5:30 p.m., and proceeding to the Black & Gold room.
EVENT DETAILS
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PROGRAM
Monday, January 20, 2020
March Begins at 5:30 p.m.
Eddie The Tiger Statue
(in front of Long-Jones Hall)
Program begins immediately following march
Black & Gold Room
About Representative Patrick O. Jefferson
Patrick O’Neal Jefferson is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 11th district, which includes Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln parishes. Jefferson is an attorney in private practice in Arcadia, Louisiana.
Jefferson graduated in 1990 from Dillard University in New Orleans, where he became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from the Ohio State University College of Law in Columbus, Ohio. He is a former president of the Bienville Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body. Jefferson is affiliated with Lions International in Arcadia.