Marc Lamont Hill addresses an audience in the Kirkhof Center January 21.
MLK keynote urges social change
Jan 21, 2015
The second keynote speaker during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week
said following the legacy of the civil rights leader is difficult
today but can be accomplished.
Marc Lamont Hill, professor at Morehouse College, author and
commentator, spoke to a standing-room-only crowd January 21 in the
Kirkhof Center.
“The legacy of King calls us to do something else, something
more,” Hill said. “The legacy of King is one of social change, but
that is especially difficult today when there’s a moment of silence.”
He said one of King’s best skills was listening, something lost
in today’s culture.
“We live in a culture where people don’t listen. Everyone is
talking and no one is listening,” Hill said.
Hill is a founding board member of My5th, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to educating young people about their legal
rights; he also works with the ACLU Drug Reform Project. He earned a
doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sybrina Fulton began King Commemoration Week on January 19 with
a presentation to more than 2,000 people in the Fieldhouse.
Event continue through Saturday, when about 200 students will
participate in a Day of Service. For details, click here.
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