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MLK Day 2025

The Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies Presents:

MLK Day Keynote Speaker


Angela B.
Freeman

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“Leveraging the Power of Being the Only One or One of Few”


Angela is a partner and intellectual property (IP)/patent attorney in the Indianapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, an AM Law 100 firm. In 2023, Angela became the second Black female elected as an equity partner from associate, the first in the firm’s headquarters office, and in the firm’s IP department. She also hosts an award-winning podcast called The Freedom Forum with Angela B. Freeman, which explores the intersection of business, race, and gender in Indiana.


When: January 20, 2025
Where: Salter Hall
Time: 7:30 PM


“Power, properly understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, or economic changes.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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