According to the Stanford Daily, Justice Anthony Kennedy has been selected as the 2009 Commencement Speaker. Kennedy, a 1958 Stanford graduate, has been a Supreme Court Justice since his appointment by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.

You can learn more about Justice Kennedy from these Stanford Library resources:

• A Biography of Anthony Kennedy from Biography Resource Center (Stanford only)
• The Constitution and the spirit of freedom by Anthony M. Kennedy, available at Crown Law Library
• The 2006 Stanford Law School musical, featuring brief appearances by Justices Kennedy and O'Connor, available at Crown Law Library
• A conversation on the Constitution: judicial independence, a videorecording of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor fielding questions in Washington Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 50 high school students from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles areas.

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On Monday, January 19th, we recognize the 80th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the renowned civil rights leader. Stanford Libraries have many of his papers and videos, including a documentary of his 1967 visit to Stanford. Stanford also houses the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute , which produced his papers and The Martin Luther King, Jr. encyclopedia, online and in the HASRC (Lane Room).

The official website for the anniversary celebration, from San Jose Public Libraries and San Jose State University Library - includes details about anniversary events in San Jose. Professor Clayborne Carson, director of our Institute, will speak on "The King Legacy at Stanford" on Monday, January 12th, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Black Community Services Center Community Room.

For more information, see http://histsoc.stanford.edu.