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Martin Luther King III<\/p><\/div>\n

Martin Luther King III was the featured speaker at the 24th<\/sup> annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues in September. Along with his presentation, he attended a sponsor reception and a breakfast with 25 student leaders. He also spoke at a lunch in the Fulkerson Center.<\/p>\n

King\u2019s presentation in the Looney Complex, \u201cEmbracing the Ideals of Freedom, Justice and Equality,\u201d drew two standing ovations from the audience of over 3,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose were the core principles of my father\u2019s leadership,\u201d he told those attending. \u201cMy parents held these ideals in high esteem, and my father\u2019s life was focused on freedom, justice and equality.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said after his father died, his mother was often asked to attend or speak at events. \u201cMy mom would ask, \u2018how does that serve the cause?\u2019 And the cause was always freedom, justice and equality. That question is still worth asking today. If you hold fast to these ideals, you\u2019re going to be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the breakfast prior to his presentation, King opened the floor for questions from the students, and one asked him how he controlled his anger.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times I\u2019m disappointed,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I try not to get angry.\u201d In quoting his father and his message of nonviolence, he noted that \u201cviolence can\u2019t stamp out violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the event in the arena, King participated in a question-and-answer session at the lunch for an \"\"<\/a>audience of more than 300.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. King had a very important message for our students, employees, area high school students and community members,\u201d said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western\u2019s president. \u201cIt is hard to believe that in 2018, his father will have been gone for 50 years, yet his message is still as relevant today as it was then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin Luther King III views \u201cKing & Cronkite\u201d performance <\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin Luther King III\u2019s visit to campus for the R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues included a sponsor reception on Monday evening, Sept. 12. The reception ended with a special performance of \u201cKing & Cronkite,\u201d Missouri Western\u2019s live, multimedia show.<\/p>\n

Based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s 1963 \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech, \u201cKing & Cronkite\u201d features the words of the civil rights leader and the reflections of Walter Cronkite on the civil rights movement. Through historical photographs, music, and live actors, \u201cKing & Cronkite\u201d explores the intersecting journeys of those two who helped define the 20th century. Walter Coppage plays Dr. King and Jim Korinke plays Walter Cronkite.<\/p>\n

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Jim Korinke, Martin Luther III, Walter Coppage.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt was such an honor to be able to have Dr. King\u2019s son view the performance,\u201d said Jerry Pickman \u201985, vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the Missouri Western Foundation. \u201cTo know he was in the audience for the performance made it very moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western\u2019s president, said that King, after seeing the show, is interested in using it as part of his tour of public schools in 2018, which marks the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of his father\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n

Plans are also underway to perform the Walter Cronkite Memorial\u2019s first live, multimedia performance, \u201cCronkite,\u201d as part of a ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri to name a street in honor of Walter Cronkite. It will be performed in Topeka, Kansas, as well.<\/p>\n

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