Kevin Powell (left) discussed activism in the digital age with Texas A&M history professor Albert Broussard (right). (Texas A&M University)
By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications
Kevin Powell has a simple but powerful message for those who wish to honor the memory of Martin Luther King: read, study, travel.
“He practiced excellence,” Powell said. “You cannot call yourself a leader unless you take reading, studying and traveling seriously for the rest of your lives. We cannot call ourselves Americans if you don’t know who you are and where you came from. Everyone in this room has a responsibility to know about their heritage.”
Powell, an activist, writer and cultural commentator, was the featured speaker at the 11th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast hosted by the Memorial Student Center Carter G. Woodson Black Awareness Committee (MSC WBAC) at Texas A&M University Thursday. He discussed King’s legacy in a way that meshed with this year’s theme of “moving forward.”