A Knock at Midnight

Name: A Knock at Midnight
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Clayborne Carson
ISBN: 9781594833267

Author: Clayborne Carson

Narrator: Keith David, Jay Gregory

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 12/01/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader and visionary of the civil rights movement, was first and foremost a preacher. This unique collection features a selection of Dr. King's best sermons - some not heard since he first delivered them - recorded at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and in other churches where he carried his ministry. They include "Rediscovering Lost Values," "A Knock at Midnight," "The American Dream," and "When Jesus Called a Man a Fool." Each is introduced by a distinguished member of today's spiritual community, including Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, Dr. Joan Campbell, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ope on February 05, 2017

As I read “A Knock at Midnight,” a collection of Dr. King’s sermons,I felt as if he was speaking to us now in 2017, and not in the 1950s and 1960s. Dr. King was a preacher first and foremost, but he actively engaged with the social issues of his time: Jim Crow, racism, poverty, Vietnam war. America......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on August 16, 2017

"Love is the only way!"......more

Goodreads review by Debra on January 10, 2022

This is a book not to speed read but to mull over and digest. There are golden nuggets throughout this book from MLK and others he quoted. I particularly liked this one - That within the best of us, there is some evil, and within the worst of us, there is some good. When we come to see this, we take......more

Goodreads review by Henry on February 10, 2025

Reading this made me long for a leader to rise up, and made me want to be a better person.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on September 20, 2014

Dr. King was a profound thinker except when it came to religion. I should out myself as one of the formerly religious who has little tolerance for dogma. Do not give me claims based on faith. I want facts and when facts do not exist to support a conclusion, give me the logic that does. This book prin......more