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A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr., edited by James M. Washington — WisdomDeck honest review
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A Testament of Hope

by Martin Luther King Jr., edited by James M. Washington

The essential King collection: speeches, sermons, essays and interviews, including the famous and the less known. The one-volume King library.

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  1. Read the whole King.
  2. Economics was his later focus.
  3. Hope is a discipline.

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