“During the most explosive moments of the civil rights revolution in this country, while the urge to violence seemed to be running like a fever through the land, the voice of Martin Luther King sounded clearly above the turmoil of fear and fright — saying that violence, vandalism and destruction were not the way,” Mr. Wagner recalled.
“But when the vital questions were asked, ‘What is the way?’ and ‘Where is the way?’ and ‘What are the means and the ends of the way?’ he knew the answers and spoke the answers.”
The mayor recalled that Dr. King described nonviolence as “a sword that heals” and added, “As a practical and moral answer to the Negro’s cry for justice, Dr. King has proved that this sword — nonviolent direct action — can win lasting victories.”
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