While Orfield derided the Bush administration, he commended religious leaders for inspiring civil rights progress.
“Civil rights legislation would not have passed without religious support,” he said at the interfaith service.
Memorial Church was largely filled with students.
“The keynote speech was very enlightening for the way we celebrate his birthday. I liked the way he highlighted that King was not just a dreamer but an activist,” said Keneshia D. Washington ’07.
Black Students Association President Olamipe Okunseinde ’04 invited attendees to make a pledge and then act upon it.
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“Let us commit ourselves to live in a world we always dreamed about,” she said.