Source: Martin Luther King, Jr., “Nonviolence and Racial Justice.” Originally published in Christian Century, February 6, 1957: 165–167. Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University. Reprinted by arrangement with The Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., c/o Writers House as agent for the proprietor New York, NY. Copyright © 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Renewed © 1985 by Coretta Scott King.