It's the birthday of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was only 26 when he was elected to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association, the body that organized the Montgomery bus boycotts in 1955. After the success of the boycotts, he formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which gave him a national platform for his mission to end segregation.
He wrote,
"Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood."
He wrote,
"Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood."
3 comments:
Amen
"the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood."
I like that!
Who wouldn't like that, that = good, we all like good, don't we?
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