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Jeff Johnson challenged the young people Saturday at the MLK Scholarship Breakfast at the Pinnacle to chase their own dreams in their own way, to show leadership on their own terms.
He challenged everyone in the crowd to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.,'s legacy, not simply the "I Have a Dream" speech he delivered in 1963, five years before his assassination.
"As the revolutionary and insightful and prophetic leader that he was, do you think that in 2018 he would still be dreaming the same dream that he did at the March on Washington?" Mr. Johnson asked. "No. He would want to know what your dream is, what your vision is."
The Black Entertainment Television personality and managing principal of Baltimore-based JIJ Communications challenged the adults in the crowd to see beyond the hair and the attitude and the sagging pants of today's young people and instead see their promise, recognize the talents they may not recognize in themselves, and nurture those talents - even in the young people they may fear.
Mr. Johnson, a Cleveland native and University of Toledo graduate, gave a shout-out to Theresa Gabriel, a former Toledo City Councilman and retired city official who enticed him...