Having been raised in a rather strict fundamentalist tradition, I was occasionally shocked when my intellectual journey carried me through new and sometimes complex doctrinal lands, but the pilgrimage was always stimulating it gave me a new appreciation for objective appraisal and critical analysis, and knocked me out of my dogmatic slumber." During my senior year in theological seminary, I engaged in the exciting reading of various theological theories. "But my intellectual odyssey on nonviolence did not end here. On his reading and learning about different theologies: But reading his words? An absolute treat. To hear him speak was one thing I think we’ve all have gotten shivers when listening to him read his “I Have A Dream” speech. Besides his studies, he was an extremely eloquent writer. Starting with the Montgomery Bus Boycott and every protest that bloomed afterwards we can see that the very act of kindness and love helped bring about a change in America. He deeply believed that doing so would bring about much needed change that violent protest couldn’t achieve. We learn about his years in college and learn about the books and people that inspired him to fully follow the philosophy of non-violent protest and revolution. What the reader gets is insight directly from Martin Luther King Jr. Carson put these written works together to form a type of narrative. Clayborne Carson was granted access to a trove of paperwork that included King’s sermons, publications in magazines, writings and speeches. I decided to change that.įirstly, this isn’t your usual biography. King as a person and his accomplishments were something I knew almost nothing about. I thought about it for a second and a sudden thought hit me – my knowledge of Mr. I was looking through my calendar one day when I realized that MLK Day was a couple of weeks away.
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