OSWEGO, N.Y. -- As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter reflected on her father's work, Bernice King also asked hundreds in attendance to look ahead.
"My father's movement was really about human dignity, human decency and human fairness," she said. "Where do we go from here? Chaos or community?"
It's been more than 50 years since Dr. King's most famous speech, but for many, the dream is still unfulfilled. The movement Dr. King led has shifted names, but the goal remains the same.
"Most recently, Black Lives Matter," King said. "Each and every one of those was trying to get us to understand the value of life."
Friday King urged the audience to go deeper into her father's movement and vision, and study his life's work. But for some in attendance, nothing beats the personal account that family can provide.
"I feel like it's more than anything you can read in a textbook, it's that first-hand knowledge, the experiences that she personally had with her father," SUNY Oswego student Tamika Austin said.
Many in attendance have a relationship of their own with Dr. King, and the vision that is his legacy.
"To me, Dr. King means organization, it means activism, it means community, he means power, he means persuasion, he means passion," SUNY Oswego former Black Student Union President Justin Brantley said. "Dr. King, he does it all."