ky :-)’s Reviews > A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students > Status Update

my interest in reading [about] MLKJr. started because of an interview i read with Thich Nhat Hanh and bell hooks in which Thay said, “because we had clung so much to him as a person, we did not bring the essence of what he was teaching into our community.” we memorialize and idolize people, but how often do we take the time to understand them beyond what we’re taught in school? i want to do that more often :)