<p><img class="FloatRight" src="{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlkhbg1.jpg" alt="mlkhbg1" width="300" height="279" />In the days after Martin Luther King Jr.&rsquo;s assassination, when cities around the country were burning in race riots, law Professor Steven Hobbs helped lead his predominantly white high school&rsquo;s program of remembrance for the slain civil rights leader. <br /><br />Hobbs, then a boy scout and today the Tom Bevill legal ethics chair at the University of Alabama School of Law, went on to raise money for a youth center in Dr. King&rsquo;s name. Along the way, he learned that in the face of sorrow, adversity and oppression, you can still build rather than destroy. <br /><br />&ldquo;The idea of being a change agent is something all of us can participate in,&rdquo; Hobbs told a crowd of 100 gathered for his talk on the Harrisburg campus Thursday, Jan. 24. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s important to have a vision of a future of the world you want to live in. Be able to see that type of vision Dr. King was seeing.&rdquo; <br /><br />Hobbs&rsquo; speech marked the campus&rsquo; annual celebration of King&rsquo;s life and legacy, and he entertained the crowd with anecdotes of his own life growing up in New Jersey. After the talk, reflections on Hobbs&rsquo; remarks were shared by Peter Speaks, deputy secretary and special advisor to the governor for <img class="FloatRight" src="{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlkhbg2.jpg" alt="mlkhbg2" width="300" height="292" />minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business development. <br /><br />The program was organized by the faculty Diversity Committee and is sponsored by the law school.<br /><br /><strong>Photo captions:</strong> <br />photo 1: University of Alabama School of Law Professor Steven Hobbs<br /><br />photo 2: Fateen Bullock, president of the Black Law Students Association, presents speaker Steven Hobbs, with a thank-you gift for serving as the school's speaker for the 2008 celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Looking on is Law Dean Linda L. Ammons. <br /><br />photo 3: From left, Peter Speaks, deputy secretary and special advisor to the governor for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business development; Law Dean Linda L. Ammons; Fateen Bullock, president of the Black Law Student Association.<img class="FloatRight" src="{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlkhbg3.jpg" alt="mlkhbg3" width="300" height="263" /></p>