Fifty years ago today the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The now almost universally revered civil rights leader used nonviolent civil disobedience to protest Jim Crow laws against blacks. Everyone knows that. Not everyone knows he protested that way because he was a Christian. What else do you need to know? Heres a quick guide to his life and work.
King was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta. His father was a pastor and early civil rights leader. King grew up in church where he sang in the choir. His mother an accomplished organist and choir leader took him to churches to sing. He became famous in those churches for singing I Want to Be More and More Like Jesus." When he was 13 he expressed doubt about the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. He grew in faith however.
Extraordinarily bright he skipped ninth and twelfth grade and started studying at Morehouse College at the age of fifteen. He studied sociology. While in college he dated a white woman for six months. He ended the relationship because of racial issues. His friends warned him that it would hurt his future career as a pastor with both blacks and whites and his mother would not approve. He eventually married Coretta Scott King.
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Fifty years ago today the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The now almost universally revered civil rights leader used nonviolent civil disobedience to protest Jim Crow laws against blacks. Everyone knows that. Not everyone knows he protested that way because he was a Christian. What else do you need to know? Heres a quick guide to his life and work.
King was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta. His father was a pastor and early civil rights leader. King grew up in church where he sang in the choir. His mother an accomplished organist and choir leader took him to churches to sing. He became famous in those churches for singing I Want to Be More and More Like Jesus." When he was 13 he expressed doubt about the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. He grew in faith however.
Extraordinarily bright he skipped ninth and twelfth grade and started studying at Morehouse College at the age of fifteen. He studied sociology. While in college he dated a white woman for six months. He ended the relationship because of racial issues. His friends warned him that it would hurt his future career as a pastor with both blacks and whites and his mother would not approve. He eventually married Coretta Scott King.
Read the rest of the article at The Stream