City Wide Black History Program

TYLER — Rev. Kyev Tatum of Fort Worth drew on the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday night as he keynoted Tyler’s 11th Annual Black History Program. Tatum noted a passage in King’s “I Have a Dream” speech: “Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” Tatum said he and others at Saturday’s event are “The Stone of Hope Generation” — the freedom fighters King knew would come after him. Calling on attendees to be “servant leaders,” Tatum remarked, “God has called us to look out for the least, the last, the lost, the left out.” He noted that the battle today is not just for civil rights, but also for human rights. Tatum is himself following in King’s footsteps. He’s the Fort Worth president/CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization once headed by King.