WUKY's 'UK Perspectives' Welcomes MLK Center Director Kahlil Baker

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 13, 2015) — WUKY's "UK Perspectives" focuses on the people and programs of the University of Kentucky and is hosted by WUKY General Manager Tom Godell.  WUKY reporter Chase Cavanaugh sits in for Godell today. His guest is Kahlil Baker, director of the UK Martin Luther King Center, who talks about the movie "Dear White People," a 2014 film that follows several African-American students and how they fit in at a mostly white university.  The King Center is hosting a screening of the film at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in UK's Memorial Hall, followed by a discussion with the movie's director, Justin Simien

To listen to the podcast interview from which "UK Perspectives" is produced, visit http://wuky.org/post/college-and-race-relations.

"UK Perspectives" airs at 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. each Friday on WUKY 91.3, UK's NPR station.