![Brandon Bell singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Brandon Bell singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/424889558_18213391864285931_3613958685451004576_n.jpg?VersionId=36GMcVotHb1zvqh5jc9jHGzQ2g_MefBH)
Brandon Bell, a graduate in Kent State's Class of 2023, sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" to open Kent State University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration event "Dialogue and Difference: a New Understanding MLK and Me" in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The event was presented as a conversation over lunch centering on King's guiding principles of living a life of love and peace during times of conflict.
![Brandon Bell and John Beavers performing "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Brandon Bell and John Beavers performing "Lift Every Voice and Sing."](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/20240201_BC_MLK_Day_063.jpg?VersionId=qo52loDhuQI6zFVlh568TW0RfVczFkGs)
Bell is an Americorps Vista representative, working in Kent State's Office of University Outreach and Engagement. He was accompanied on piano by John Beavers, a graduate student studying public administration in Kent State's College of Arts and Sciences.
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