Bishop John Hurst Adams (STH’50,’56) is Remembered on MLK Day by Grandson Boston Celtics Guard Malcolm Brogdon
This was originally published by Andscape on January 16, 2023 and can be found here.
Excerpt from the article:
For Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon, the arrival of MLK Day always brings back memories of another civil rights leader who knew Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: his grandfather, John Hurst Adams, who was a civil rights legend in his own right.
“For me, my grandfather is my MLK,” Brogdon recently told Andscape. “That’s the person that really led the way for me, that showed me how to live a decent life, how to be a decent man, and how to impact millions of people.”
Adams was a former bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, an outspoken social justice activist and a former college president. There were respectful h
eadlines all over the nation when King’s college classmate passed away at age 90 on Jan. 10, 2018, in Atlanta. The Brogdon Family Foundation celebrates the legacy of Brogdon’s grandfather with the JHA Project, which supports education for children worldwide through literacy programming, mentoring and experiences.
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