Making Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality requires action, according to the National Urban League president who spoke at East Carolina University Wednesday evening in honor of King’s birthday.

“Visualization of Dr. King’s dream is more than celebrating his work and his eloquence,” Marc Morial said. “It must be active in the present.”

Morial asked audience members to imagine travelling back in time to 1963 to witness events of that year first hand.

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