Martin Luther King Jr.
Love made visible
Once you finally get a job, then you need to get a “real” job. Then you can expect to be laid off at least once in your life. Then you have to retool and enter the workforce again. Then even if you get your “dream” job, you might come to the realization that you’re destroying your family and your personal life, and the dream becomes a bit of a nightmare. Then you begin to realign all your goals. Then you begin to look toward retirement, and you begin to imagine what your vocation is going to be when you retire.
King's dream
Malcolm X characterized "I Have a Dream" as a feel-good exercise designed for white consumption. But there was nothing soft or accommodating about Martin Luther King's speech.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
A vigorous, eloquent reply to criticism expressed by a group of eight clergymen.
Suffering and faith
Additional comments from Martin Luther King Jr. following his article for the "How My Mind Has Changed" series
Pilgrimage to nonviolence
A courageous leader looks back on his own theological development and reflects on factors leading to his commitment to nonviolence both as a method and as a philosophy of life.