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Martin Luther King Jr.

Prophet of the Mountaintop

Black Church Nonviolent resistance, prophetic preaching, beloved community, the moral arc of the universe
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SPR 99
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INT 98
Rank Pastor / Civil Rights leader / Nobel Peace laureate / Martyr
Domain Nonviolent resistance, prophetic preaching, beloved community, the moral arc of the universe
Alignment Holy / Prophetic
Weakness FBI's COINTELPRO targeted him relentlessly -- wiretapped, blackmailed, urged to suicide. Assassinated at thirty-nine. The full audio archive of his sermons remains family-controlled and incompletely public
Key Act Born 1929 in Atlanta, son and grandson of Baptist preachers. PhD from Boston University (1955, Personalist theology). Pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, when the bus boycott began in December 1955. Led SCLC, Birmingham, March on Washington (1963), Selma (1965), the opposition to the Vietnam War (1967), the Poor People's Campaign (1968). Preached "I've Been to the Mountaintop" at Mason Temple, Memphis, April 3, 1968. Assassinated April 4, 1968
Source King, *Why We Can't Wait* (1964); *Where Do We Go from Here* (1967); the Stanford King Papers Project

“I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.” — King, Mason Temple, April 3, 1968


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