Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a holiday signed into law by Ronald Reagan, and it arrives this year at a moment of political crisis in the United States. King's commitment to nonviolence, rejection of communism and the importance of conscience are crucial considerations for the current moment. In 1967 the civil rights leader doubled down on doing what is right as a matter of conscience.
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| Screen grab of Martin Luther King Jr. interview with NBC in 1967 |
"Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?
Expediency ask the question, is it politic?
Vanity asks the question, is it popular?
But conscience ask the question, is it right?
And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right."
- Martin Luther King Jr., May 10, 1967
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