I dream of the day when all Americans will be judged, not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King Jr.
By The Content Of Their Character
Topic: Society & Civil Religion
“I dream of the day when all Americans will be judged, not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, as Michael Luther King Jr., but later changed his name to Martin. He came from a family of pastors, with his grandfather and father both serving as pastors at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Martin Luther King Jr. attended segregated public schools and graduated from high school at the age of fifteen. He went on to earn his B.A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, where his father and grandfather had also graduated.
After completing three years of theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary, where he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class, King received his B.D. degree in 1951. He then pursued graduate studies at Boston University, where he met and married Coretta Scott. King completed his doctorate in 1955 and had two sons and two daughters with Coretta. Throughout his life, Martin Luther King Jr. played a crucial role in the civil rights movement, advocating for racial equality and justice through nonviolent means. His leadership and inspiring speeches, such as his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, made him a prominent figure in the fight against segregation and discrimination. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote peaceful change and equality for African Americans. Tragically, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, but his legacy as a champion of civil rights continues to inspire people around the world.
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 1003 [Martin Luther King, Jr.].
Martin Luther King Jr.
Theme: A Vision of America
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“We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr. [I Have A Dream Speech].
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr. [I Have A Dream Speech].
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed – we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr. [I Have A Dream Speech].
“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
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“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr. [I Have A Dream Speech].
“Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr. [I Have A Dream Speech].
“When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: “Free at last! Free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!””
–Martin Luther King, Jr. [I Have A Dream Speech].