Martin Luther King Jr.: Pastor, Black American, and the Unsolved Enigma of His Death

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't just a pastor, though he was a brilliant one. He wasn't just a black man in America, though he navigated the treacherous currents of racism with unparalleled grace and courage. He was a prophet, an architect of social change, and a martyr whose death remains an open wound on the American conscience. As a pastor, King preached a gospel of love and nonviolence, wielding the pulpit as a platform for revolution. His words, steeped in the Old Testament prophets and the teachings of Jesus, resonated with a nation grappling with its original sin of racial segregation. He led boycotts, organized marches, and delivered speeches that shook the very foundations of Jim Crow America. In him, the black church found its most powerful voice, and the Civil Rights Movement its most inspirational leader. But King was also a black man in America, experiencing the sting of discrimination from his earliest days. He knew the fear of walking down the wrong street, the hum...