Sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church
April 30, 1967
This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy in 1970 for the Best Spoken Word Recording.
MARTIN LUTHER KING
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
"Since being in India,
I am more convinced than ever before
I am more convinced than ever before
that the method of nonviolent resistance is
the most potent weapon available to oppressed people
in their struggle for justice and human dignity.
In a real sense,
Mahatma Gandhi embodied in his life
certain universal principles
certain universal principles
that are inherent in the moral structure of the universe,
and these principles
are as inescapable as the law of gravitation."
are as inescapable as the law of gravitation."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
-Martin Luther King Jr.-
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
-Martin Luther King Jr.-
