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Among the leaders today who have drawn inspiration from the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is Rudy Metayer, an attorney and city councilman in Pflugerville, Texas, who spoke to Ron Starner for this July 2022 Investment Profile. “When I was four years old, my parents would read books to me. I saw pictures of Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall,” the son of Haitian immigrants told us. “Today, 38 years later, I am doing that work … When you see people like yourself in positions of leadership and service in your community — whether it’s a council member, police officer or firefighter — it makes a real difference. Those things matter. They become baked into the fabric of the community. That is powerful.”
In a full circle moment (considering the civil rights legislation work accomplished with Dr. King by the institution’s namesake), Metayer is shown here speaking at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas.
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Photo courtesy of City of Pflugerville and Rudy Metayer
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