Opinion: Dr. King was an activist, but also a preacher
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is heavily guarded as he speaks to an estimated crowd of 2,500 who braved freezing weather to attend an anti-segregation rally in downtown Hurt Park Sunday Dec. 16, 1963 in Atlanta. (AP file)
Warner Davis
Warner Davis is a retired Presbyterian minister. He has served churches in Kentucky, Florida, New York, and Tennessee, his last pastorate at Collierville Presbyterian Church. Warner has authored a spiritual memoir titled Peace In a Mad Dog World, published by Trilogy.
‘Commemorations with little or no consideration for King as preacher, make me wonder how many King admirers are unaware of the transcendent religious experience that was his defining moment.’
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