STH’s Walter Fluker Honored by Roosevelt Institute

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Walter Fluker (GRS’88, STH’88), BU’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership, retired from the University in June 2020.

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STH’s Walter Fluker Honored by Roosevelt Institute

Alum and professor emeritus receives the 2023 Freedom of Worship award

March 22, 2024
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WALTER FLUKER (GRS’88, STH’88), BU’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership, received the 2023 Freedom of Worship award from the Roosevelt Institute at a September ceremony held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N.Y. The honor is one of the Four Freedoms Awards the institute presents annually to those who “exemplify core freedoms that uphold our democracy: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.”

Fluker, who retired from the University in June 2020, was recognized for his work, from “helping students navigate the ethical questions of today to being a thought leader for Black churches.”

The other 2023 award recipients were Tracie Hall, executive director of the American Library Association (Freedom of Speech and Expression); the late Ady Barkan, founder and co–executive director of Be A Hero (Freedom from Want); and US Representative Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the January 6 select committee (Freedom from Fear). US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), speaker emerita of the House, was awarded the overarching Freedom Medal.

Watch a video of the entire Four Freedoms Awards ceremony.

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