Six members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity read and commented on excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work before an audience of about 40 people last night in Cutter-Shabazz Hall.
The passages, selected from King's sermons, speeches and letters, highlighted his strategies for dealing with racial prejudice and recalled his vision for the future of race relations.
After the forum, students held a candlelight vigil in Rollins Chapel to celebrate King's memory. The vigil was intended to include a march around the Green, but was moved because of the poor weather.
Associate Dean of Freshman Anthony Tillman read African-American poetry and what he called an "extraordinarily graphic" account of a lynching to portray the hostile environment in which King worked.
Drew Brady '96, an Alpha Phi brother and a panel participant said the day's festivities are significant because they make people aware that "Dr. King was very important to the civil rights movement and did a lot to bring people together."
