Dr Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on 4th April 1968. Adam Coleman of Tru-ID Apologetics shares his thoughts about how the civil rights campaigner’s biblical worldview helped shape his message

When I was a kid, my parents were very serious about us being grounded in God’s word and knowledgeable of black history. I remember being around 11 and hearing my dad lecture me about how no matter what the world says, who I am in Christ is what matters most. He would always add that he and my mother drilled black history into me because he wanted me to have both the biblical and historical tools to defend against the race-based attacks on personhood that I might face. 

Quite frankly, I didn’t fully understand what he was talking about and loathed the book reports on African-American inventors, freedom fighters etc that they made me do in addition to my regular homework. As I got older, the wisdom of what my dad instilled in me finally sunk in and I developed a love for reading speeches and writings from abolitionists, civil rights activists and African-American thinkers who profoundly impacted… (Register to read the rest of the article)