MLK: Leadership, Legacy, Social Justice, and Us
Dear Friends, Colbert King wrote an article about Dr. Martin Luthur King Jr. in the Washington Post today (Jan. 18, 2025) and I want to share an excerpt from his article. King was sitting at a table in his house in January 1956, after receiving a phone call telling him that if he persisted in his civil rights campaign, “in three days, we’re going to blow your brains out and blow up your house,” and he thought about all that could be taken away. His baby daughter and his wife, Coretta, asleep in the next room, his father miles away and a cup of coffee growing cold before him, King later recalled that he prayed: “Lord, I’m down here trying to do what’s right. I think I am right. I think the cause that we represent is right. But Lord, I must confess that I’m weak now. I’m faltering. I’m losing my courage. And I can’t let people see me like this because if they see me weak and losing my courage, they will begin to get weak. As we commemorate ML...