Dr. Martin Luther King preached this sermon on Feb. 4, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
It was exactly two months before his murder on April 4 in Memphis, Tenn.
Click on The Drum Major Instinct for the text of the sermon.
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January 20, 2013 at 11:13 am |
From the chronology of the King Institute for 1968
January 16 – King announces the Washington Spring Project as part of Poor Peoples Campaign
February 4 – King delivers his “Drum Major Instinct” sermon in Atlanta, Georgia
March 3 – King delivers his “Unfulfilled Dreams” sermon in Atlanta, Georgia
March 18 – King speaks to striking sanitation workers in Memphis
March 23 – King addresses a rally for the Poor People’s Campaign in Augusta, Georgia
March 28 – King leads a solidarity march for the sanitation workers of Memphis
March 31 – King preaches at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
April 3 – King delivers his final speech
April 4 – King is assassinated at Lorraine Motel
April 7 – National Day of Mourning to honor King
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