Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Martin Luther King's Forgotten Masterpiece


When Martin Luther King accepted the Nobel Prize in 1964, he delivered an electrifying speech which has largely been forgotten by history. It may have been muted compared to the legendary “I Have a Dream” rally but The Daily Beast’s Malcolm Jones says the Nobel address was one of the most moving things he ever wrote. 
King spoke in prose a child could understand, and a poet would envy, saying “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.”

Read it at The Daily Beast

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