Jonathan Rieder
ANALYSIS: Celebrations of ‘I Have a Dream’ speech obscure its critique
By Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks — August 23, 2013
(RNS) On the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, scholars say it would be a mistake to celebrate King’s “I Have a Dream” speech without also acknowledging its profound criticism of American values.
Fifty years later, church leaders respond to King’s “Birmingham Jail” letter
By Adelle M. Banks — April 12, 2013
(RNS) Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. challenged white church leaders to confront racism, an ecumenical network has responded to his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Christian Churches Together in the USA has produced a 20-page document that answers King and includes confessions of church bodies about their silence and slow pace in addressing racial injustice.
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