Remembering
Martin Luther King Jr.

 
 

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in King Chapel at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, on Oct. 15, 1962. In a speech that inspired a generation of Cornellians, he concluded with the words “ ... I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other, and they don’t communicate with each other because they are separated from each other.”

The full text of his historic Cornell speech can be found by clicking below:

Part 1

Part 2

 

Martin Luther King Jr. 

Martin Luther King Jr. at Cornell College in 1962 

MLK Jr. Letter 

Martin Luther King Jr. Letter to Prof. Wilbur West 

Photo by John Wise '65.
Campaign for Cornell College