Annual celebrations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy at MIT

2nd Annual MLK Celebration Keynote

Walter J.
Leonard
Special Assistant to Harvard University President Derek Bok
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Source: Harvard University Kuumba Black Arts Festival

American lawyer and university administrator Walter J. Leonard is recognized as the architect of Harvard's pioneering affirmative action plan, which has become a model across the country. In 1977, he became president of Fisk University.

1976 2nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration