Religion and the Civil Rights Movement

Posted on May 4, 2015 by PLT Staff

Lecture given by Ed King at the Bonhoeffer House in Charlottesville, Virginia. In his speech, King reflects upon his experiences in the civil rights movement and the foundation of faith upon which it was built. For a listing of all our Occasional Lectures, click here.

Excerpt: “History looks back on the civil rights movement as an inevitable success. We would not have had the successes that we did have if we had ever thought it was going to be that successful. We started on a spiritual journey.”

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