High on the Mountain Top with Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings the LDS Hymn “High on the Mountain Top”. Martin Luther King delivers his famous last speech “I’ve been to the Mountain Top” the day before he is assassinated on 04 April 1968.

“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires” - Nelson Mandela

War and Peace in Our Time: Mormon Perspectives (via latter day satyagraha)

Excellent initiative from an old friend of mine working at the Joan B. Kroch Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Call for Papers A conference sponsored by the Latter-day Saint Council on Mormon Studies, and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and held at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. March 18-19, 2011 . . In a world pervaded with religious fervor and seemingly perpetual war, it has become essential for religious believers to consider the realities of violent conflict and the possibiliti … Read More

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The Truth is Marching On

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The lyrics of the Battle Hymn of the Republic appear in Martin Luther King, Jr.s sermons and speeches, most notably in his speech How Long, Not Long from the steps of the Montgomery, Alabama Courthouse on March 25, 1965 after the 3rd Selma March, and in his final sermon Ive Been to the Mountaintop, delivered in Memphis, Tennessee on the evening of April 3, 1968, the night before his assassination. In fact, the latter sermon, Kings last public words, ends with the first lyrics of the Battle Hymn, Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

In 1960 the Mormon Tabernacle Choir won the Grammy Award for their rendering of ‘the Battle Hymn of the Republic’ as the Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus. The single record had reached #13 on Billboards Hot 100 the previous fall.