On a rainy Sunday afternoon, Duke and Durham community members gathered in the Duke Chapel to commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The event called “Hope Powered by Community: Together We Serve, Advancing Dr. King’s Vision of Humanity and Equity,” highlighted the contributions of the many leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and the United States’ ongoing challenges of racial equity.
Campus Rabbi and Jewish Chaplain Elana Friedman opened the event with “Sim Shalom,” or “Grant Peace,” a blessing that centers on communal unity and universal peace. Rev. Luke Powery, dean of the Chapel and professor of homiletics and African and African American studies, followed with an invocation…