The HBCU’s Greatest Contribution to “Keeping the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Alive” took place some 31 years ago when Civil Rights Activist, Sevell C. Brown, III reached out to Dr. Cleophus Johnson to Chair the National MLK Parade Advisory Team of HBCU Directors’ of Bands to assist him in designing and implementing a GOD given VISION of the National Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade. Dr. Johnson and the others appreciated the fact that Brown refused to take a salary and only used nonpaid volunteers to operate the parade for fear of the idea of “carpetbaggers” prostituting Dr. King’s memory.