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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Ethics, Orthodoxy and Modernity

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

by Albert J. Raboteau Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929, the son of Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King, Sr., pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. King’s childhood was happy and secure, though all too early he was made aware of the hurts inflicted by racism. Like his father, grandfather, and…

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Archbishop Iakovos, Martin Luther King Jr., and The Challenge of Selma
Orthodoxy and Modernity, Public Life

Archbishop Iakovos, Martin Luther King Jr., and The Challenge of Selma

The third Monday in the month of January is set aside by Americans to honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. King’s witness in life and death continues to call society to see every person as created in the image and likeness of God and worthy of equal treatment under the law. One of…

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