Jamison Lecture

Dr. Bernice King

11th annual Jamison Lecture

March 26, 2026, 7 p.m.

This year’s speaker is Dr. Bernice King, lawyer, minister and youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

The event will be moderated by Krys Boyd, host and managing editor of KERA-FM's flagship midday talk show, Think.

About the Jamison Lecture

This annual event brings nationally or internationally recognized scholars or civic leaders to Texas Woman's University for a public lecture. It is made possible by the Alonzo and Elisabeth Jamison Lectureship Endowment, which assists the TWU Department of Social Sciences & Historical Studies in hosting the lecture. The late Alonzo Jamison represented Denton County in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, then served on the TWU faculty and as Chair of the Department of History and Government. His wife of 62 years, Elisabeth, was a TWU alumna who also taught at the university.

2016-2020 slide show

Sarah Weddington at the inaugural 2016 Jamison Lecture.

Attorney, legislator and presidential advisor Sarah Weddington speaking at 2016's inaugural Jamison Lecture.

Angie Thomas, author of “The Hate U Give,” and Rose Brock, editor of “Hope Nation," speak at the 2020 Jamison Lecture.

Sylvia Garcia at the 2019 Jamison Lecture

U.S. Congresswomen Sylvia Garcia speaks with moderator Jennifer Lawless at the 2019 Jamison Lecture.

Journalists Ashley Parker and Sabrina Siddiqui at the 2018 Jamison Lecture.

Journalists Ashley Parker and Sabrina Siddiqui discuss covering the Trump presidency with KERA's Krys Boyd at the 2018 Jamison Lecture.

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