Reading Together
Cefcfcrate King’s Birthday With A ReadJn
Why not celebrate Mar
tin Luther King's birthday
with a Read-In? We could
do this by setting aside a
period of time each day dur
ing January to read some of
his writings; we could
bring together a group of
friends to read and discuss
one of his many books or
articles, or we could use
one of his many speeches
as an assignment for read
ing, and study in school. He
surely would have conaid
ered this as the highest
form of honor.
He often expressed this
wish that his people would
spend more time with
books. Once, in Montgom
ery at the Institution of
Nonviolence, he delivered a
candid address on "some
things we must do,” point
ing out that there were too
many professionals who
had not read a book since
they left college, and that
there was a definite need
for us to do more studying
and thinking. ,
Martin Luther King
traced hit own spiritual
growth and development
through the books he had
read. In hi* book.
Strength To Love (Fortress
Press, 1981), he wrote of
the way in which books
had challenged his old way
of dunking and caused him
to question old theories,
or a* he put it. "knocked
me out of my dogmatic
slumber."
Why should we read
King.'* works when we can
listen to his recorded
speeches? The written word
invites analysis. It can be
’ handled with detachment
and placed under the micro
scope of our own reflec
tions.
The following three
books have been found to
be especially valuable in
studying the Civil Rights
Movement and for use with
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discussion groups.
His first book "Stride To
ward Freedom: The Mont
gomery Story" (Harper,
1958) is much more than a
description of the Mont
gomery Bus Boycott. This
book is a blueprint for so
cial change, describing the
kind of conditions which
keep people for protesting
or fighting against injus
tice; pointing out the es
sentials for organizing a
community for protest, and
detailing the methods of
opposition which can be
expected when trying to
bring about change. Any
■ one who plans to organize
people for protest and
change should consider this
book as required reading.
"In Why We Can't Wait"
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(Harper, 1963), King de
scribes the forces which
shaped the African Amen
can's struggle for justice
and which reached a peak
with the Civil Rights
Movement. This is a book
which can be used very sue-'
cess fully to stimulate study
among high school stu
dents, as he gives great at
tention to the way in
which young people were
involved in the fight for
Civil Rights.
"Strength To Love" is a
book of Martin Luther
King's sermons which he
prepared especially for
reading, rather than listen
ing. These sermons arc just
as powerful and relevant for
today's problems as they
were when he wrpte them.
When we gather together
to read and discuss Martin
Luther King's written
works, we are not only
honoring him, we are also
allowing ourselves to con
tinue to reap the rich re
wards of his leadership.
...left mankind a legacy in
the form of a dream, a dream
that all Americans shunned
the deathmask of hatred and
led the entire world to a new
life of brotherhood and
fellowship among men.
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dream. It is a dream
deeply rooted in die
American dream. I
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