Before becoming a civil rights activist and leader, Dr. King was a minister. It is worth remembering that for all their advocacy, he and other leaders of the movement often found in their work a spiritual and philosophical dimension, a calling to something higher and deeper.
Prof. Randal Maurice Jelks is also an ordained minister and in "Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America," Jelks presents meditations on the contemporary issues at the center of the current struggle over democracy in America.
- Randal Maurice Jelks, professor, University of Kansas and author of "Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America"
