“What Rev. Dr. King Can Teach Us Now” by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow

In 1966, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed hundreds of mostly white Unitarian Universalists. In his speech he said to them, “There is nothing more tragic than to sleep through a revolution.” What did he mean? And what does this mean for us today, in a country where those in power are dismantling rights for so many Americans, rights that were won through decades of courage and sacrifice?