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Monday, January 27, 2014
Rev. Howard Bess: "MLK and the Curse of ‘Moderation’" @ Consortium News
When Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. went to jail to focus national attention on the injustice of segregation, he was stung by criticism from Christian clergy who feared upsetting the status quo and urged “moderation,” prompting his historic rejoinder from the Birmingham jail, as Rev. Howard Bess recalls.
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