Sentences with phrase «king as a civil rights»

Mainstream religion scholars viewed King as a civil rights activist who happened to be a preacher rather than a creative theologian in his own right.

It is one thing to think of Martin King as a civil rights activist who transformed America's race relations and quite another to regard racial justice as having theological significance.

Not exact matches

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As Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter has pointed out, prior to the speech, King had established his bona fides as a leader of the civil rights movemenAs Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter has pointed out, prior to the speech, King had established his bona fides as a leader of the civil rights movemenas a leader of the civil rights movement.

In excavating the story of King's visit to Harlem Hospital, I uncovered my grandfather's own fight for civil rights — and realized I'd misunderstood his legacy as a black doctor all along.

For politics, lets see, what party views blacks as the real racists, and hates Martin Luther King and Civil Rights?

That you would describe such filth as «culture» of any kind is a slap in the face to Dr. King and the rest of the civil rights movement.

Federal civil rights officials have absurdly claimed that they are the true heirs of Martin Luther King's moral legacy, by virtue of their having remained loyal to his «color blind» ideal — as if King's moral leadership consisted of this and nothing else.

The lecture he delivered is titled, «The Other America,» and features what most will recognize as a typical King speech through those years after the passing of the Civil Rights Bill and the Voting Rights Bill (three and two years before this appearance, respectively).

The idea had been Martin Luther King's, at least officially, but Pastor Neuhaus was close to the arduous, difficult civil rights work being done in Bedford - Stuyvesant (the Movement was discovering that Northern neighborhoods had an entirely different, more hardened, multiethnic toughness than Southern cities) and it was my guess that Richard, as much as anybody, was the actual dynamo and idea man behind Clergy an

The idea had been Martin Luther King's, at least officially, but Pastor Neuhaus was close to the arduous, difficult civil rights work being done in Bedford - Stuyvesant (the Movement was discovering that Northern neighborhoods had an entirely different, more hardened, multiethnic toughness than Southern cities) and it was my guess that Richard, as much as anybody, was the actual dynamo and idea man behind Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, along with William Sloane Coffin, then the pastor of Riverside Church.

In «Our First, Most Cherished Liberty» there is talk of religious liberty as the «first freedom» and a tip of the cap to the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.

At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the city's jails.

Dr. King began his civil rights crusade as pastor of a local church, and some of the key people in Clergy and Laity Concerned have been local pastors.

At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the...

«Civil Disobedience» has been criticized as naïve, but this «bible of protesting minorities» profoundly influenced both Mohandas Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and, through them, both Indian independence and the U.S. civil rights moveCivil Disobedience» has been criticized as naïve, but this «bible of protesting minorities» profoundly influenced both Mohandas Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and, through them, both Indian independence and the U.S. civil rights movecivil rights movement.

As African Americans coming of age in Los Angeles during the social unrest of the 1960's, both Johnson and Beckwith were heavily influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of the Beloved Community.

The reporter, microphone in hand, stood in front of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church and said, as I recall his words, «And so today there was a memorial service for the slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King.

I suspect that missing from the tribute video will be any acknowledgement of the fact that the founder of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell, vehemently opposed the work of Martin Luther King Jr, publicly condemned him as a communist, and delivered an impassioned sermon the day after King's march to Selma opposing civil rights marchers as «left wing leaders» whose only aim was to stir up racial tensions and violence.

* As Tavis Smiley reports in his new book on Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader faced a major decline in popularity during his last few years, as many thought his social justice agenda too radicaAs Tavis Smiley reports in his new book on Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader faced a major decline in popularity during his last few years, as many thought his social justice agenda too radicaas many thought his social justice agenda too radical.

We need to keep the story of missionary heroism alive, just as the civil rights movement keeps alive the story of Martin Luther King, Jr., and American democracy keeps alive the story of Lincoln's birth in a log cabin.

Kohlberg acts as though King's race, southern heritage, generational moment, Christian faith, and theological training — all the inconvenient particularities that bore on his leadership in the civil rights movement — were utterly incidental to his vision and his moral courage.

No one actually takes the Monarchy seriously any more as the «Divine Right of Kings», and maybe it provides a good opportunity for discussion of precisely that wierd and anachronistic notion and the origins of state and civil authority in Western Civilization.

The wisdom and insights King gained as he helped lead the civil rights movement apply to us today, for injustice still exists among us in many forms and in many places.

But in spite of the leadership of Martin Luther King and the martyrdom of divinity students in the civil rights movement, and in spite of the leadership of the Berrigans and William Sloane Coffin in the peace movement, those movements as a whole remained indifferent if not hostile to religion.

I can as easily speculate that it is a complete abuse of the civil rights movement Dr. King championed to equate it with gay «rights».

David Oyelowo, who plays the civil rights leader in the film, is everywhere this year — from roles in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar and J. C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year to his major role as King.

I must say that I do not mean to imply that the windmills I seek to charge this year are somehow on a level of wretchedness as those that King and the Civil Rights leaders faced down in their own day.

Martin Luther King advocated Ghandi's non-violent protest, but in 1963 he was jailed for leading mass demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, which led to the city being dubbed «Bombingham» as attacks against civil rights protesters increased.

King and Smith characterize these two polarizing schools of thought as durable coalitions of political actors, social groups, and governing bodies, drawing on the civil rights messaging initiated by Martin Luther King, Junior and the 1964 Civil Rightscivil rights messaging initiated by Martin Luther King, Junior and the 1964 Civil Rightrights messaging initiated by Martin Luther King, Junior and the 1964 Civil RightsCivil RightsRights Act.

For example, the Israeli West Bank Barrier is called Geder Ha «hafrada, it means separation fence; and separation as a word is synonymous with segregation and this usefully points to another historical situation that casts some light here: the racist segregation policies of the USA concerning their black minority, particularly in the Deep South before they began to be dismantled during the era of the Civil Rights struggle under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luthor King.

Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio joined a 20 - block march in Harlem on Monday to demand a $ 15 minimum wage following a Martin Luther King Jr. tribute at which the governor described the civil - rights icon as «a man of action.»

Amid the turmoil of Vietnam and the civil rights movement, the great Elvis Presley once sang — as only the King could sing — about the need for tolerance and compassion in society.

«As Dr. King said 53 years ago, «The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave Negroes some part of their rightful dignity, but without the vote it was dignity without strength.»

Whereas, Dr. King confronted unprecedented challenges with the knowledge and belief that, as one people united in principle and purpose, «we shall overcome» all prejudice, hate, and intolerance; his legacy lives on through the civil rights victories won during his lifetime, as well as those won in the decades since;

When asked when those we seek civil rights will be satisfied, Dr. King responded, «We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.»

He describes King as «the conscience of the civil rights movement,» and Hamm met Kennedy on the Indiana State campus in 1968, several weeks before he was assassinated.

Long before they would alter history as the leaders the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King met on their university campus.

Again, as in Dogville, set to David Bowie's «Young Americans,» it's a condensed, horrific view of American history: black - and - white stills of lynchings; color shots of abject poverty; smiling bigots and neo-Nazis; the Civil Rights clashes of the 1960s; stockpiles of firearms; the intact Twin Towers; young soldiers in Vietnam; Martin Luther King, Jr. in his coffin; the dead Malcolm X on a stretcher; and finally, a black man push - brooming the marble crags of the Lincoln Memorial.

Dealing with the Civil Rights act and his relationship with Martin Luther King as well as trying to get re-elected, Jay Roach gives us a great script and paces the film masterfully.

DuVernay's razor - sharp portrait of the Civil Rights movement — and Dr. King himself — at a critical crossroads is as politically astute as it is psychologically acute, giving us a human - scale King whose indomitable public face belies currents of weariness and self - doubt.

Black Panther picks up right after the events of Civil War, as T'Challa (Boseman) prepares to ascend to the throne of Wakanda, following the death of his father King T'Chaka (John Kani).

I know there is subtext here, as his name is Dr. King and he's also a German (Germans don't have a great record when it comes to civil rights) but I don't really care.

Louis» story puts him in a position to be present at almost every major event of the civil rights movement, from participating with the Freedom Riders to having no less than Martin Luther King Jr. (Nelsan Ellis) tell him that Cecil's role as a domestic worker gives him one of the best opportunities to fight racism.

«There was always a focus on the civil - rights movement and it was as if black history stopped once Dr. King died,» said Raquel Willis, a writer and racial - justice activist in Atlanta.

To that end, he focuses on passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which pits Johnson and his Senate ally Hubert Humphrey (Bradley Whitford) against segregationist Dixiecrats, such as Sen. Richard Russell Jr. (Frank Langella) of Georgia, as well as movement leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. (Anthony Mackie), who were disappointed in the bill's lack of protection for voting rRights Act of 1964, which pits Johnson and his Senate ally Hubert Humphrey (Bradley Whitford) against segregationist Dixiecrats, such as Sen. Richard Russell Jr. (Frank Langella) of Georgia, as well as movement leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. (Anthony Mackie), who were disappointed in the bill's lack of protection for voting rightsrights.

But as Lady Bird spells out for those who have not noticed, he has been tasked with the near - impossible: First he must coax his fellow Dixiecrats into accepting the end of segregation while keeping King and the increasingly incensed civil rights activists from walking away.

Mr Turner had in fact already failed to make an impression with the Globes nominations, but I was half - expecting a great night for Selma, the civil rights drama starring the British actor David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King.

by Bryant Frazer Very early on in Blue Streak, as Miles Logan, the character portrayed by a fast - talking Martin Lawrence, co-opts Dr. Martin Luther King's famous «I Have a Dream» speech to describe his own civil rights movement upon getting released from the joint after serving time for his role in a botched jewel heist, it's clear the film is aiming for giddy irreverence.

It was also a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and can be viewed as shrewd strategy from Martin Luther King, Jr. and his organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.