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The power of hope
Before heading to Washington to deliver the benediction at tomorrow's presidential inauguration of former Law School lecturer Barack Obama, civil-rights activist Rev. Joseph Lowery ushered in the University of Chicago's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. At Thursday's MLK Commemoration Service at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Lowery said King “gave hope to the hopeless, power to the powerless."
A team from the News Office recorded the complete presentation for anyone unable to attend; see the video embedded below.
- View the schedule of all UChicago MLK Week events
- Learn how the University of Chicago became a hub for black intellectuals
- Listen to an NPR profile of Rev. Lowery
- Read UChiBLOGo entries about previous MLK Week events: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
The University’s student gospel choir, Soul Umoja, opened the MLK commemoration service with a medley of spirituals, including “Over My Head,” sung during the procession into the chapel; the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a civil rights activist who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was the keynote speaker.
Photos and video courtesy of the University of Chicago News Office.
January 19, 2009