152K views · 1.6K reactions | Today Nebraska celebrates its sesquicentennial! Happy 150th Birthday, Nebraska -- from the people's university.   | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Facebook

#OnThisDayInHistory Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to an audience of 5,000 people at Lincoln’s Pershing Auditorium at the Methodist Student Movement Conference in 1964. This is an excerpt of his speech given that day. His full speech is in our collections and can be heard here: https://history.nebraska.gov/martin-luther-king-jr-visit-to-lincoln/ | Nebraska State Historical Society

2.4K views · 32 reactions | Nebraska brings American history to life, ranking 17th in National Endowment for the Humanities funding over the past decade. | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Facebook

Nebraska physicists created the brightest laser light in the history of the world, with the power to revolutionize X-rays. | University of Nebraska-Lincoln