Did the ‘dream’ die or did it endure?

Martin Luther King Jr. was many things to many people: minister, activist, visionary.

But Tom Houck, former personal assistant and driver for King, saw a side that was often unseen.

In his first visit to Penn State on Jan. 18 as part of the university’s MLK Commemoration Week, Houck shared his behind-the-scenes story highlighting the commemoration’s theme of “When Silence Becomes Betrayal” with a crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members at Foster Auditorium.