Thread by @TheKingCenter

🧵 of #MLK speeches and sermons in which he speaks truth to power, shares about his philosophy of nonviolence, and expounds on issues of injustice and what our righteous, rigorous response should be.

Relevant.
Revelatory.
Revolutionary.

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Our #MLKDay2023 #MLKDay featured #MLK speech is ‘Creative Maladjustment’:

“I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.”

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Full speech:

“It's more difficult today because we are struggling now for genuine equality. And it's much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee a livable income and a good solid job.” -from ‘The Other America’

Full speech:

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“I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men.” -from #MLK’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture 

Full lecture:

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From ‘Paul’s Letter to American Christians’: “Oh America, how often have you taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.”

Full sermon:

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“We’re coming to get our check.”

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Not a speech or a sermon, but an interview in which Dr. King shares powerfully and brilliantly:

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“I never intend to adjust myself to racial segregation and discrimination. I never intend to adjust myself to religious bigotry...”

Brief, but still #MLK.

Are you maladjusted and proud?

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#MLK in 1967, but he could be talking about today:

“And so the collision course is set. The people cry for freedom and the congress attempts to legislate repression.” -from ‘The Three Evils of Society’

Full message:

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‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence’:

Please spend some time with it.

“If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.” #MLK

Must-experience interview with NBC: 

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#MLK on white moderates.

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‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’: africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/L…

A masterpiece.

“You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations.”

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