"Bread of Freedom": Martin Luther King, Jr. and Human Rights

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
T. F. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Martin Luther King

scholarly journals Inspired by Gandhi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Anna Katalin Aklan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Dalai Lama ◽  
Independence Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
Martin Luther King

The leader of the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi, left an invaluable legacy: he proved to the world that it was possible to achieve political aims without the use of violence. He was the first political activist to develop strategies of nonviolent mass resistance based on a solid philosophical and uniquely religious foundation. Since Gandhi’s death in 1948, in many parts of the world, this legacy has been received and continued by others facing oppression, inequality, or a lack of human rights. This article is a tribute to five of the most faithful followers of Gandhi who have acknowledged his inspiration for their political activities and in choosing nonviolence as a political method and way of life: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Martin Luther King, Louis Massignon, the Dalai Lama, and Malala Yousafzai. This article describes their formative leadership and their significance and impact on regional and global politics and history.

scholarly journals HUMAN RIGHTS RELATED TO THE RIGHT TO RELIGION AND ECONOMY IN THE CONFLUENCE OF CULTURES

10.26458/1824 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Anca MAGIRU ◽  
Mihaela Lavinia CIOBANICA ◽  
Daniel DANECI-PATRAU ◽  
Octav NEGURITA
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Martin Luther King

The paper is focused on the authors’ opinion, based on deep research, that religion and education go side by side and could help a lot and should be the basic law for the development, rural or urban, against the background of the nowadays European challenges. Europe confronts today with oncoming waves of immigrants from all over the world who have been invading it for several years, bringing with them cultures, customs, observances, different in many ways from ours. Under these circumstances, the authors would like to highlight their point of view, mainly the idea that the words of Martin Luther King Jr.: “Hate paralyzes life; love releases it. Hate confuses life; love harmonizes it”, are much more true than ever. To keep an open mind on religious education, to be flexible, loving and understanding should be of vital importance in developing rural communities against the background of the European competitiveness.

Das »Große Welthaus«

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Haspel
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
The Vietnam War ◽  
Peace And War ◽  
Martin Luther King ◽  
Theological Concept

AbstractIn this article Martin Luther King, Jr.’s concept of active non-violent resistance and his stand against the Vietnam War are reconstructed in their historical and societal context, following his own theological concept of contextualization. The findings suggest that King combines fundamental and contextual arguments to sustain his position. It is argued that in order to apply his positions to the current questions of peace and war, King’s arguments have to be recontextualized. Special emphasis is laid on King’s theological concept of human dignity and human rights as well as his vision of a Great World House as unique contributions to the peace discourse of his time and beyond.

scholarly journals «An idea unleashed in history»: Dr Martin Luther King Jr and the campaign to end poverty in America

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Robert Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Freedom Schools ◽  
Poor People's Campaign ◽  
To Come ◽  
Martin Luther King

As well as being a civil rights advocate, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr consistently called for human rights for all. He opposed poverty, racism, imperialism and political disfranchisement as part of an analysis, which viewed inequality not only in American but also in global terms. In order to address poverty and related human rights issues, King proposed a Poor People’s Campaign (PPC). In May 1968, only weeks after King’s assassination, the PPC saw thousands of poor people travel to Washington DC to protest against poverty. The demonstrators occupied sacred space in the nation’s capital by building a temporary community, known as Resurrection City. During preparations for the PPC and in Washington, the activists drew on a rich legacy of adult education from previous civil rights campaigns. The approaches adopted by PPC participants were innovative and represented alternatives to conventional educational practices. These included Freedom Schools, a Poor People’s University, workshops, marches and demonstrations, which assisted the protesters to come together in coalition to challenge dominant hegemonic narratives concerning the causes, nature and scope of poverty. Although ultimately unsuccessful in its aspiration to end economic injustice in America, the PPC undoubtedly laid the seeds for future anti-poverty activism. The article draws on primary source documents and oral testimonies from five archives.

From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 1025
Author(s):  
Tomiko Brown-Nagin ◽  
Thomas F. Jackson ◽  
Felicia Kornbluh ◽  
Kris Shepard
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Martin Luther King
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