Martin Luther King, Jr.

As we enter the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend NBAF is pleased to present this recorded reading of Dr. King’s essay, The World House. The recording, featuring a diverse group of voices from the Metropolitan Atlanta area, was created on April 4, 2008 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Assassination.

The World House essay can be found in Dr. Kings 1967 book, Where Do We Go From Here:Chaos or Community? According to theworldhouse.org, the essay is based on King’s Nobel Peace Prize lecture, delivered at the University of Oslo on December 11, 1964. Dr. King worked nearly a month on the lecture and later gave it prominence as the concluding chapter of a book describing the enormous challenges facing humanity.

Recognizing the importance of Dr. King’s life and legacy to the global community, NBAF, through our Education and Public Programs department, has developed a multimedia experience designed for children. The programming includes a site specific installation designed for children aged 3-8 which is anchored by a child sized replica of the boyhood home of Dr. King. The installation is designed to provide a series of experiences for children to learn the values and concepts associated with the life and legacy of Dr. King.

Twelve (12) core values and concepts derived from the speeches and writings of and about Dr. King are used throughout the project to teach the various components. They are: peace, justice, freedom, civil rights, nonviolence, love, courage, equality, truth, protest, growth and dream.

Dr. King’s messages ring true for the wise, the foolish and the young. His courage and conviction inspires us to stand and be better than we ever thought we could be. His leadership of a movement, along with many others who stood with him, changed the destiny of a people and the course of the world. Enjoy listening to this reading of The World House. We hope it will stir something in you as it has stirred us.

The World House