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海角视频 celebrated the legacy of the civil rights movement with an address by Cleophus J. LaRue on January 10 at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance installment of the Colloquy Speaker Series. LaRue is the Francis Landey Patton Professor of Homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary and is a distinguished scholar of African-American preaching and worship.

LaRue began by noting that for many in the audience. 鈥渢he whole civil rights movement is a distant memory鈥� resulting in 鈥渓ess passion, intensity, emotion, [and] commitment.鈥�

鈥淪ome of us were younger,鈥� he added. 鈥淲e remember seeing Dr. King on TV鈥攚e remember that time in our country鈥檚 history鈥攂ut for many of you, it is just a distant memory and that鈥檚 understandable.鈥�

LaRue proposed a new way of experiencing Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 鈥淭his time, when we celebrate Martin Luther King鈥檚 life... should not just be the time when we look back and talk about what was, what happened.鈥� Instead, he said that 鈥渋t should also be a time when we look forward to the kind of people that we can be when we look at Dr. King鈥檚 life and [see] what in Dr. King鈥檚 life might [be] worthy of emulation.鈥�

He told students that God sees things from a different perspective than we do and said that our task in life is to 鈥渟ee things God鈥檚 way and to live our lives accordingly.鈥� While also cautioning that 鈥渨e must take care not to engage in prejudice and defamation even when it seems to have support in scripture.鈥�

LaRue concluded by saying King 鈥渃hanged the world because he gave himself to something larger than himself鈥� and added that he had come to 鈥渢ell you at 海角视频, don鈥檛 miss your window of opportunity鈥� to do the same.

The presentation followed an introduction by PUC President Heather Knight in which she highlighted King鈥檚 dream of equality and how it has developed over the years, as shown in the election of the nation鈥檚 first African-American president.

The colloquy was 鈥渁 chance to think about wonderful values like justice, compassion, faith, equality,鈥� Knight said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e very very thrilled today to begin our Winter Colloquy Speaker Series with the Martin Luther King Jr. remembrance,鈥� she added, noting that PUC鈥檚 celebration of King鈥檚 legacy precedes the Jan. 21 national holiday commemorating his birth.