2nd Annual MLK Celebration — Walter J. Leonard, 1975

Courtesy MIT Museum Collections


Following an invocation prayer and a musical performance, Walter J. Leonard delivers the keynote address for the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration at MIT. Leonard, who at the time was Special Assistant to Harvard University President Derek Bok, delivers his speech titled: "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Friend Remembered" at Kresge Auditorium in early February 1975.

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Timeline: 1970s
Life: MIT Gospel Choir
Career: Community
Object: Video
Collection: Administrators, Faith, Harvard, Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994, Martin Luther King, Jr., Music