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Remembering Dr. King on this 56th anniversary of his death with a brief thread on his important contrast between what we could call "moderates" and "moderatISM." #MLK #MLKLegacy #MLK55
The differences between the two are vast and have important implications for us today:
The differences between the two are vast and have important implications for us today:
In a June 4, 1957 speech to students at UC Berkley, King shared with his audience a beautiful vision for nonviolence. Agape love, he said, is at the center of nonviolent resistance. This love both shapes the character of those resisting AND pushes back on the violence of the age.
How so? "Agape says you must go on with wise restraint and calm reasonableness but you also must keep moving." It was on this latter point that he then turned to an objection he often faced in his ministry: that African Americans should turn to slower methods of moderation.
