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Students and faculty gathered in the Pit on the Harrisburg campus on Thursday, January 28 for a two-hour Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute.<br><br>The first portion of the tribute consisted of students and faculty sharing their personal thoughts on King and his influence on the Civil Rights Movement. Legal Writing Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/WilliamsStarla.aspx">Starla Williams</a> and 1st-year student Martin Banks both talked about their experiences the night that Martin Luther King, Jr. died. Associate Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/DiminoMichaelR.aspx">Michael Dimino, Sr.</a> admired the way Martin Luther King, Jr. had achieved his goals without violence, and Distinguished Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/DernbachJohnC.aspx">John Dernbach</a> talked about how his family was concerned when he mentioned he planned on taking an African-American girl on a date in high school.<br><br>The lecture was not limited to race though. Associate Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/BarrosDBenjamin.aspx">Benjamin Barros</a> discussed same sex marriage while Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/CozzillioMichaelJ.aspx">Michael Cozzillio</a> talked about how his children described people by attributes such as their cool Nike sneakers instead of the color of their skin.<br><br>The second portion of the tribute featured students from Professor Cozzillio’s seminar class reading portions of their papers addressing racial discrimination in the world of sports. The students included; Scott McPherson, who spoke about discrimination in NASCAR, Kathryn Schweitzer, who spoke on African American Females and Title IX, and Krista Deats, who spoke on “Separate but Equal in Sports.”<br><br>The tribute concluded with Dean of Students <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/SealingKeithE.aspx">Keith Sealing</a> describing the achievements of Thomas Morris Chester, the first African-American to practice law in Dauphin County.<br>