Dr. King’s Words

“It seems that I can hear the God of history saying, “That was not enough! But I was hungry, and ye fed me not. I was naked, and ye clothed me not. I was devoid of a decent sanitary house to live in, and ye provided no shelter for me. And consequently, you cannot enter the kingdom of greatness. If ye do it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye do it unto me.” That’s the question facing America today.”
“Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution”. March 31, 1968. National Cathedral, Washington, DC.

“The question is not whether we will be extremist but what kind of extremist will we be.”
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter From Birmingham City Jail,” April 1963.

What kind of extremist are you?

Useless Facts*** “The Letter From Birmingham City Jail” was not widely read during Dr. King’s incarceration, nor even after his release. It did not become famous until after the March on Washington, which occurred in August of the same year. Keep in mind that, in 1963, there were only a few major newspapers and television stations, and they paid almost no attention to black issues. The March on Washingon was, for many Americans, the first time they had ever seen Martin Luther King on television, and, for many, the first time they had ever even heard of the man.