Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.

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The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory - some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded, and some await re-discovery.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a civil rights leader, and a Nobel laureate.

King himself observed, "In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher."

Video Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.

Speechwriter and orator

The famous "I Have a Dream" address was delivered in August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Less well-remembered are the early sermons of that young, 25-year-old pastor who first began preaching at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama in 1954. As a political leader in the Civil Rights Movement and as a modest preacher in a Baptist church, King evolved and matured across the span of a life cut short. The range of his rhetoric was anticipated and encompassed within "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life," which he preached as his trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in 1954 and every year thereafter for the rest of his life.

Sermons

• 1953 - "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life."
• 1954 - "Rediscovering Lost Values," February 28, 1954.
• 1956 - "The Death of Evil Upon the Seashore"
• 1956 - "Paul's Letter to American Christians," November 4, 1956.
• 1957 - "The Birth of a New Nation," April 7, 1957.
• 1957 - "Loving Your Enemies," November 17, 1957.
• 1963 - "Eulogy for the Martyred Children," September 18, 1963. (Birmingham, Alabama)
• 1965 - "How Long, Not Long," also known as "Our God Is Marching On!" March 25, 1965 . (Montgomery, Alabama)
• 1966 - "Guidelines for a Constructive Church", Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, on 5 June 1966.
• 1967 - "The Three Dimensions Of A Complete Life", Delivered at New Covenant Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 1967.
• 1967 - "Three Evils of Society" Address Delivered to the First Annual National Conference for New Politics
• 1967 - "The Casualties of the War in Vietnam" Address delivered at the Nation Institute
• 1967 - "Why Jesus Called A Man A Fool," also known as "A Knock at Midnight," Delivered at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, on August 27, 1967. (Chicago, Illinois) -- see Video on YouTube
• 1968 - "The Drum Major Instinct", February 4, 1968. (Atlanta, Georgia) -- hear full Audio on YouTube.
• 1968 - "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution", March 31, 1968. Delivered at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
• 1968 - "I've Been to the Mountaintop"," April 3, 1968. (Memphis, Tennessee) -- full Audio.
• 1968 - "Why America May Go to Hell", planned to be delivered on April 7, 1968 but never delivered due to his assassination.

Speeches

Maps Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.

Notes

• Speech given at McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist University March 17, 1966, drawn from same sources as April 10, 1957 St. Louis, Mo. speech.

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References

• Fuller, Linda K. (2004). National Days/National Ways: Historical, Political, And Religious Celebrations Around The World. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-97270-7
• Lischer, Richard. (1997). The Preacher King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Word That Moved America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-511132-3

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External links

• "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam" 1967 -- see Video on YouTube
• "A Knock at Midnight," 1967 -- see Video on YouTube
• '"Beyond Vietnam," 1967
• A longer list of speeches & sermons
• Martin Luther King: His Triumphs - a slideshow by Life magazine
• Tavis Smiley on Rev. Martin Luther King and His Opposition to the Vietnam War - video by Democracy Now!
• "Episode 2 -- MLK: A Call to Conscience: -- Tavis Smiley Reports. The second episode of Tavis Smiley Reports examines Martin Luther King Jr.'s stand against the Vietnam War and the influence of his legacy today. Tavis speaks with scholars and friends of King, including Cornel West, Vincent Harding and Susannah Heschel." [1] March 31, 2010
• [2] Valeria Franceschi, REMEMBERING THE REVEREND: AN ANALYSIS OF OBAMA'S SPEECHES COMMEMORATING MARTIN LUTHER KING (October 2016)

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