Retracing King’s Indian journey

profpam — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:27:23 +0000

MLK III, King’s eldest son, on a visit to India where he traced his father’s trip to Gandhi’s memorial.

King, who was 2 when his father came to India, visited several sites including the place where Gandhi was cremated, his memorial and an exhibition of pictures put on by the American Embassy in Delhi.

Another account here and one here that focuses on the jazz musicans, such as Herbie Hancock, who were involved in the trip.

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King’s last Sunday sermon

profpam — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:45:53 +0000

The day after President Obama’s inauguration there was a prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. The Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd, the Dean of the Cathedral, in his introductory remarks said that Dr. King’s last Sunday sermon, March 31, 1968, was at that very Cathedral, in that very pulpit, I would imagine. Four days later he would be assassinated on April 4, 1968. (There’s a Flickr photo of statuary in the Cathedral of Dr. King.)

A photo of King preaching that Sunday in the Cathedral. March 31, 1968

Dr. King at National Cathedral

Obama was visibly moved by this information. This surely added to the convergence of King’s efforts and life and that of President Obama’s election.

I’ve got the text of King’s sermon in a book of his collected works. I’ll post it soon.

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Retracing King’s Indian journey

King’s last Sunday sermon