In a prescient sermon preached from the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church two months before his assassination on 4 April 1968, King imagined his own and funeral told his congregation what he would like said: "I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody."
Urging the congregation not to dwell on his life's achievements, including his receipt of the Nobel peace prize, King asked to be remembered as one who tried to give his life serving others.
He implored his congregation to remember his attempts to walk in the footsteps of Jesus: to "feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and comfort prisoners."
"Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice," King intoned. "Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter."
The key question: What can you and I do to create a foundation of a "dignitarian/partnership culture"?
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End Note:
Beyond Somebodies and Nobodies: Choosing to be "Nobody"
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We must honestly face the human desire for domination.
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