There was no way that I could let this week go by without paying homage to one of the most influential men in American history, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The opportunities that I've been afforded are due to the blood that he and others shed for me. That statement has never been more obvious to me than it was this past week. There I sat on the campus of a historically white Catholic university, and the keynote speaker for the evening was Afro-American. Not only was he Afro-American, he's a man who's work I admire, respect and study.
Spike Lee.
Spike Lee is a director, producer, author and advocate for Afro-American justice. You may be familiar with some of his films like, Do The Right Thing, She's gotta have it, Bamboozled, and School Daze, to name a few. When meeting someone that has accomplished what Spike has, it can be a bit overwhelming if you think about it to hard. Fortunately, that's not how the evening flowed. He stayed true to the theme of the night, "What's on Spike Lee's mind"?
I was expecting someone with a big ego, brash, and maybe a bit snide. He was prudently directly. Spike provided the audience with a one hour journey of the things that modeled him into a premiere filmmaker. All of which were tied to the legacy of men and women like Dr. King.
Below are a few photos of the evening.
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