What Would MLK Say?

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2021. Hmm. How to choose? Apply any or all of these to current events and people, as appropriate.

 

“If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause and say, ‘There lived a great people — a black people — who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.” Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 31, 1955.

 

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” St. Louis, March 22, 1964.

 

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Strength to Love, 1963.

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” Nobel Peace Prize address, Oslo, Norway, 1964.

—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

 

• Editorial Comment: Amen.

 

 

 

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