Educator Beryl New, Gov. Sam Brownback and pastor Sherdeill Breathett lifted their voices Thursday in a celebration of service to others honoring the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sacrifice for justice and equality.
New, principal at Highland Park High School, offered a prayer to those gathering inside the Capitol that sought forgiveness for ignorant actions among people of King’s generation who held to the dark past of racism and for those who remained stubborn, small-minded and selfish about delivering the harmony of liberty to the ...