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Season for Nonviolence 2012: March 8 |
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Thursday, 08 March 2012 00:00 |
Season for Nonviolence 2012
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January 30 – April 4
March 8
King was arrested many times,
often on trumped up charges
Deed
Within days of being elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, King began getting death threats, sometimes as many as 40 a day. Five weeks into the boycott, police arrested King and put him in prison for traveling 30 in a 25-mile-per-hour zone. Boycott supporters paid King’s bail, and police released him that evening. The next day around midnight, King’s phone rang. “Nigger," the anonymous caller said, "if you aren’t out of this town in 3 days, we gonna blow your brains out and blow up your house.” On the heels of his first arrest, the threat shook him.
ThoughtUnable to sleep, King went into the kitchen and made coffee. “I was ready to give up,” he admitted. “I tried to think of a way to move out of the picture without appearing a coward.” King bowed his head and prayed: “Lord, I’m down here trying to do what’s right. … But Lord, I must confess that I’m weak now … I’m losing my courage.” In response, King heard a voice call his name — “Martin Luther, stand up for justice. Stand up for truth. And lo I will be with you, even until the end of the world.” ( Bearing the cross, David Garrow)
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