The Cross and the Lynching Tree: Ep. 3: Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King’s Costly Witness

In this two-part episode of the Morris Perspective, Connie Morris reads James H. Cone’s Chapter 3 to examine Martin Luther King Jr.’s moral and spiritual struggle as he “bore the cross” while confronting systemic racism and the enduring threat of racial terror symbolized by the lynching tree.

The episode highlights how King’s gospel exposed national hypocrisy, the personal costs of his witness, and the role of silence and policy in maintaining inequality.

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