Renowned civil rights speaker, Lecia Brooks, visits COM for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Posted on: January 27, 2012
Lecia Brooks, director of outreach for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., was the guest speaker at College of the Mainland’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month Celebration on Thursday.
She said “race relations have improved tremendously” since Dr. King’s speech in 1963 but emphasized the importance of working towards Dr. King’s dreams of eradicating poverty.