Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The minister and civil-rights activist was born on January 15, 1929 and died on April 4, 1968. A timeline of his life: theatln.tc/8j1D4FjM
In his book, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?,” King wrote about the opportunities for—and obstacles to—eradicating poverty. “Why is equality so assiduously avoided?” he asked: theatln.tc/Sqc848tv
In a speech to the Hungry Club Forum in 1967, King spoke about the evil of racism, the evil of poverty, and the evil of war: “ ... conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’” theatln.tc/26nWtKHr
“The greatest irony and tragedy of all is that our nation,” King said about the Vietnam War in 1967, “which initiated so much of the revolutionary spirit of the modern world, is now cast in the mold of being an arch anti-revolutionary.” theatln.tc/VeUKziI6
“We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation,” King wrote in his 1963 letter from Birmingham Jail, “because the goal of America is freedom.” theatln.tc/emWeQTcN
Read more about Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in our 2018 special issue, “KING”: theatln.tc/fOb7ZoJf
