Andre Thornton, a former Cleveland Indian All-Star and nationally known speaker, reflects on the importance the messages of Martin Luther King Jr. hold today. Thornton, a community and business leader, gave the keynote address at CWRU's 2003 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation.

In addition to the keynote address by Thornton, the first-place student winner of the 2003 Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest were announced. Those honored are listed below with links to their winning essays.

Faculty/Administrators First place: Shan Mohammed, family medicine

Second place: Dean Patterson, student affairs

Third place: Erika Feigenbaum, philosophy

Staff

First place: Blaine Martyn-Dow, UCITE

Second place: Margie Harris, biology

Third place: David Reilley, plant services, grounds

Students

First place: Aqueelah Jordan, political science and history

Second place: Jessica Stork, art history and French

Third place: Eric Xu, biomedical engineering

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