5 interesting facts about Martin Luther King Jr.

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Participated in a Billy Graham crusade

Billy Graham pictured with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Billy Graham pictured with Martin Luther King, Jr. | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Although King is best known for his public remarks at civil rights gatherings, he also participated in a Billy Graham crusade in New York City. 

The event was held at Madison Square Garden about seven months after the Montgomery Bus Boycott concluded. King led the gathering in prayer.

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"We stand amid the compelling urgency of the Lord of love, as exemplified in the life of Jesus Christ, and yet we live our lives so often in the dungeons of hate. For all of these sins, O God, forgive," King prayed.

"And in these days of emotional tension — when the problems of the world are gigantic in extent and chaotic in detail — give us penetrating vision, broad understanding, power of endurance, and abiding faith, and save us from the paralysis of crippling fear."

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