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Grant Hill: ‘Dr. King knew that progress is not sustainable unless it solves what is systemic’

The following speech was delivered at the Duke Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Sunday in Duke Chapel. More on the MLK commemoration can be found on Duke Today.

It is good to be home. It is an honor to be with you all and humbling to speak in our magnificent chapel on a Sunday.

One of my earliest memories is of a Sunday afternoon with my parents.

When my dad was playing in the NFL, my mom and I would often wait for