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From the Director:

Many of you know by now that I have a deep and abiding love and respect for all things related to the good Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the last three years, I have tried to encourage meaningful programming at ZSR to honor his legacy and help fulfill his dream. The first year we had Micah Andrews read the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in our beautiful atrium.

The next year, Micah wrote his own call-to-action speech entitled, “What’s Going On?”

This year, ZSR sponsored the showing of the film “I Am Not My Brother’s Keeper”produced by Wake Forest faculty member Mary Dalton, describing the lunch counter sit-in by Winston Salem State and Wake Forest students in 1960.

The film tied in to the joint WSSU-WFU celebration of the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, January 21, which had many ZSR ties as well. Microtext and ITC student Benny Cooper, who also participated in the South Course last summer, won the student prize for the annual Building the Dream award. Dr. Angela Hattery, faculty member and creator of the South Course trip, won the faculty “Building the Dream” award. Attending the luncheon at WSSU to celebrate the awards were Lynn Sutton, Wanda Brown, Chris Burris and Doris Jones. Later that night Lynn, Chris and Mary Beth Lock attended the MLK program featuring an inspirational speech by LeVar Burton (of Roots, Reading Rainbow and Star Trek fame) and an outstanding spoken word performance by WFU graduate Tyrell Dozier and his little brother. Jessica Armstrong (Circulation student and daughter of our own Prentice) sang in the gospel choir. Craig Fansler did his usual magic with exhibits, producing one on Dr. King and one on LeVar Burton:

Next year we will continue to do our part to raise awareness until the whole campus is truly involved and takes ownership in the MLK holiday that affects us all. Or as Dr. King said,