
Yesterday, Brian and The Takeaway’s Celeste Hedlee hosted the annual Martin Luther King Jr conversation at the Brooklyn Museum. Joining him was:
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, president emeritus of Bronx Community College and former Tuskegee Airman;
Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx, co-host of Sundance Channel’s “The Green” and host of the public radio series The Promised Land;
Dr. Eddie Glaude, associate professor of religion at Princeton University and author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America;
Major Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-NY 11th) and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus;
Jocelyn McCalla, a policy consultant and Haiti's special envoy to the United Nations;
Jose Lopez, a community organizer from Make the Road New York;
David Lamb, a Producer and Playwright;
Poet Camonghne Felix;
and Patricia J. Williams, law professor at Columbia University and author of The Alchemy of Race and Rights.
Hear highlights of the discussion and share your thoughts on this MLK Day.