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''A Knock at Midnight,'' Sermon at Riverside Church

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document640809-000
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
8/9/1964
Genre
Sermon
Document Type
Audio Transcript
Type of Writing
Typed
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Author Affiliation
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Document ID
640809-000
Document Date
8/9/1964
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Audio Transcript
Status
Undecided
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Sermon
Document Length
7 pp.
Names
Shakespeare, William
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
Carlyle, Thomas
Bryant, William Cullen
Lowell, James Russell
Schopenhauer, Arthur
King, Alfred Daniel
Organizations
Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Places
Rochester, N.Y.
Jersey City, N.J.
Atlanta, Ga.
Birmingham, Ala.
Topics
Emancipation Proclamation
Churches-vandalism
Poverty
Riots
Church and Race Relations
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Career in Ministry
Other Topics
Man Against Himself
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
The Neurotic Personality of Our Times
Peace of Mind
Peace of Soul
Luke 11:5-8
Amos 5:21, 24
Micah 6:8
Psalm 30:5
Isaiah 40:4-5
Code for Location of Original
MLKJP-GAMK
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
7/31/1996 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
01/06/1997
Date Updated
4/8/2025 8:27:02 AM
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