The African American Legacy Lecture honors the life and legacy of Howard Thurman, Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, and Martin Luther King Jr. in the late 1960’s recognizing their contributions to the Black Church tradition and liberation theology, to society and the world.  The African American Legacy Lectures honors African American people who have shaped and honed who we are as an Institution.

An Institution that is the first in the country to have a Black Church Studies Program.

An Institution that educated Leaders who were are pastoral, prophetic and learned.