Read an excerpt about the close relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel from THE WORD OF THE LORD IS UPON ME by Jonathan Rieder (Harvard University Press, April 2008). More →

January 18, 2008

Heschel is widely considered to be one of the greatest American religious figures of the last century — a rabbi, theologian, social activist and mystic admired by Christians as well as Jews. More →

January 18, 2008

Whatever one thinks of his politics, one has to admit that Governor Romney’s Texas speech on “Faith in America,” like Senator Kennedy’s remarks to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in September 1960, was expertly written and beautifully delivered. Both men … More →

December 6, 2007

UNIDENTIFIED MINISTER: Give welcome to Dr. Gardner C. Taylor. KIM LAWTON: Reverend Gardner C. Taylor gets a celebrity’s welcome when he takes the pulpit in churches across the nation, and at 88, he still shows the charm that has pulled … More →

August 18, 2006

Read more of Kim Lawton’s July 24, 2006 interview in Raleigh, North Carolina, with the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor. More →

August 18, 2006

A collection of Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal papers – including handwritten drafts of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech – are for sale. Sotheby’s curator Elizabeth Muller gave Kim Lawton a private glimpse of the collection. More →

June 30, 2006

The role of pastor may be one of the most overlooked sides of Martin Luther King Jr. But it was one of the most important aspects of who he was. More →

January 13, 2006

Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview about Martin Luther King Jr. with Professor Lewis Baldwin: Professor Lewis Baldwin Many labels were attached to [Dr. King] during his lifetime. He was called a civil rights activist; he was called a social … More →

January 13, 2006

Read the funeral tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta by Methodist theologian L. Harold DeWolf. More →

January 13, 2006

Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview about Martin Luther King Jr. and Dexter Avenue Baptist Church with the Reverend Michael Thurman: Reverend Michael Thurman The sanctuary is basically what it would’ve looked like during the time of Dr. King’s tenure … More →

January 13, 2006