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By: Amy Chen, CLIR<\/a> Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. planned to write Strength to Love<\/i> (1963), a collection of sermons, as early as 1957, but he was unable to begin writing until he was imprisoned in July 1962 after holding a vigil outside Albany City Hall. Despite the conditions he faced while incarcerated, Dr. King wrote three sermons during this time: \u201cLove in Action,\u201d \u201cLoving Your Enemies,\u201d and \u201cShattered Dreams.\u201d Later, he would add sermons that would become some of his best-known works, including \u201cWhat is Man?\u201d and \u201cPaul\u2019s Letter to American Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his preface, King writes \u201cwe live in a day of grave crisis”; therefore, each sermon included in the book must \u201cdeal with the personal and collective problems that the crisis presents\u201d (11). In \u201cTransformed\u00a0 nonconformist,\u201d King discusses that \u201cwe as Christians have a mandate to be nonconformists\u201d\u00a0 as citizens of what Paul called the \u201ccolony of heaven\u201d (21-2). King then warns his readers of \u201csoft-mindedness\u201d in \u201cA Tough Mind and a Tender Heart,\u201d counseling the need to reject superstition, turn away from easy anti-intellectualism, and embrace change rather than remaining committed to faulty traditions. He points his finger at the church, which he sees as too often \u201crejecting new truth with a dogmatic passion,\u201d yet encourages compassion and love as a way to emulate Jesus and pursue a Christian life (TS<\/a> 3). Although King speaks persuasively of reconciliation, many of his most pointed statements critiquing segregation, racism, and colonialism as well as capitalism and militarism were cut from the typescript<\/a>, which has been digitized and is now available through The King Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Strength to Love<\/i> is a landmark text within Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s canon of writings. As the first book of sermons by an African American that became widely read by a white audience, this powerful book seeks to unite \u201cformer slaves\u201d and \u201cformer slave owners\u201d in a \u201cbeloved community.\u201d See a signed copy of this book on display in the Peace Foyer as part of the exhibition \u201cFrom a Love of History: Exploring the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection,\u201d curated by Stephen Rowe and Amy Chen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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