Martin Luther King, Jr. was many things, a civil rights
activist, nonviolent protestor, organizer, teacher, son, husband,
father, and a black man. Many forget that he was first, a Christian
Southern Baptist minister and preacher. His religious faith
informed his ethical actions. After reading selections from Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s, Letters from the Birmingham Jail,
explore the role of Christian ethics in King’s actions during the
turbulent times in the South in the 1960s. Consider the
following:
1) King was...