The quote is from a 1962 sermon titled “A Knock at Midnight” by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. King was painfully aware that racial segregation was justified in a dark place inside humans, yet his ...

Rows of floats and marchers await their moment as timeless words echo through the street that bears the speaker's name. “We chose the quote 'Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that, ...

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory, King was ...

More than 60 years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington and yet his words still resonate today. “I think it’s very ...

Walter Suza of Ames, Iowa, writes frequently on the intersections of spirituality, anti-racism and social justice. “The darkness is so deep that we hardly see which way to turn.” The quote is from a ...