UND hosts Harvard professor in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

(Grand Forks, ND) -- Harvard law professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin spoke at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

Brown-Nagin is also an author and the dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, as well as a history professor at Harvard. She spoke of King's strategy of "nonviolent resistance", saying it's the "only viable tool for oppressed people". Brown-Nagin told those in attendance that more work needs to be done, and to "continue to fight for what we believe in."

UND organized the event to highlight King's "legacy of justice, equality, and love."