Brandon Bell, a graduate in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Class of 2023, sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" to open Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration event "Dialogue and Difference: a New Understanding MLK and Me" in the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Student Center Ballroom. The event was presented as a conversation over lunch centering on King's guiding principles of living a life of love and peace during times of conflict.
Bell is an Americorps Vista representative, working in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Office of University Outreach and Engagement. He was accompanied on piano by John Beavers, a graduate student studying public administration in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's College of Arts and Sciences.
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