Program co-host Austin Booth, vice provost for university libraries, speaks with an attendee outside the Student Union Theater before the program begins.

Teresa Miller, professor of law and vice provost for inclusive excellence, stands at the podium as the student gospel choir from the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts prepares to sing.

The discussion was hosted by (from left) Austin Booth, vice provost for university libraries, and Teresa Miller, vice provost for inclusive excellence.

Austin Booth, vice provost for university libraries, delivers opening remarks.

From left: Panel members Devonya Havis, associate professor of philosophy at Canisius College; Ruth Bryant, retired assistant dean in the School of Architecture and Planning and attendee of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 speech; George Nicholas, senior pastor of Lincoln United Methodist Church; and Victoria Wolcott, professor and chair of the Department of History, look up at a screen projection of a press clipping regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to Buffalo in 1967.

Ruth Bryant, an attendee of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech and retired assistant dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, speaks at the program.

Leslie Veloz, president of the undergraduate Student Association, offers remarks.