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On Jan. 16, Idris Goodwin keynoted Colorado Springs’ community All People’s Breakfast on campus, presenting his interpretation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon “The Drum Major Instinct.” Says Goodwin, “It was amazing. That’s the tradition I come out of, that black Baptist oratorical tradition. That is the foundation of foundations. That’s where I first saw what words could do to a crowd of people. Words, how they could stir spirits, stir a soul. Words that were positive, that were historically based, that were theoretical, that were philosophical, not vapid, not shallow. But really, really, dressed up. … To be able to engage as one of the great masters, up close, was thrilling.” Photo by Tom Kimmell