Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
In case you find yourself drifting into a sentimental state of contentment by hearing another reading of Dr. King's great "I Have a Dream" speech, try reading or listening to his last Sunday sermon, delivered in an Episcopal Cathedral four days before his assassination.
Click the following link to read and/or hear the sermon, "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution," delivered by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Washington Cathedral on March 31, 1968.
Or watch it below.
It expresses the depth and breadth of Dr. King's message, including but moving beyond racism, and prophetically calling America and the world to accountability. Let us take this sermon to heart, examine our conscience, and ask ourselves, "where do we go from here?"
Stone carving of Dr. King in the Pulpit of Washington National Cathedral
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