2010.54.7446

• african american
• ethnicity and race

Poster printed with black ink on cream paper. A reproduction of a drawing fills the center of the page, which shows a portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a suit and tie by a piece of paper with curled top and bottom edges. A landscape is visible through a cluster of three stained glass windows at upper right. A male figure representing Jesus Christ is visible in the center window. Text on the paper reads: "Martin Luther King Jr. probably more than any other man in history personified the teachings and concepts of Jesus Christ. His humility, his goodness, his bravery and above all his love for all mankind will live forever in the heartbeat of man. His response to life's injustices reminds us of the saying of Epictetus, the philosopher slave, who once said that, 'Everything has two handles: one by which it may be borne, another by which it cannot. If your brother acts unjustly, do not lay hold on the affair by the handle of his injustice, for by that it cannot be borne; but rather by the opposite, that he is your brother, that he was brought up with you; and thus you will lay hold on it as it ought to be borne'. Martin Luther King's life here on this earth was truly the will of God. / Billy Hinkle."