Quotations - Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)

Looking thus at the state of the country, I know of no better use to

which I can put this sacred day, I know of no higher duty resting upon me,

than to enforce my views and convictions, and especially to hold out to

reprobation, the short sighted and ill judged, and inefficient modes adopted

to suppress the rebels. The past may be dismissed with a sing... See more

The Bible therefore is one witness to God's empowering presence in human affairs, along with other important testimonies. The other testimonies include sacred documents of the African-American experience—such as the speeches of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., the writings of Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison, the music of the blues, jazz,

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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” said Dr. King,32 appealing to white Americans’ pride in their country as the Land of Opportunity and their sense of fairness, and making common cause with them in their hopes fo

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Above all, I see the preaching ministry as a dual process. On the one hand I must attempt to change the soul of individuals so that their societies may be changed. On the other I must attempt to change the societies so that the individual soul will have a change. Therefore, I must be concerned about unemployment, slums, and economic insecurity. I a

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