Sublime

“While not himself a racist, Mr. Goldwater articulates a philosophy which gives aid and comfort to the racist,” King declared. “His candidacy and philosophy will serve as an umbrella under which extremists of all stripes will stand.”

Imagine if we were to faithfully whisper the immortal words of Martin Luther King, Jr., “I have a dream . . . ,” as a preface to our every next remark.

Above all, I see the preaching ministry as a dual process. On the one hand I must attempt to change the soul of individuals so that their societies may be changed. On the other I must attempt to change the societies so that the individual soul will have a change. Therefore, I must be concerned about unemployment, slums, and economic insecurity. I

By the peculiar logic of racial politics, King raised a cry about restaurant courtesies while accepting death threats quietly as a hazard of his work.

In the Pulitzer Prize–winning book Bearing the Cross, historian David Garrow observes that King improvised “like some sort of jazz