"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish as fools."—Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our Gift to You! A Complimentary Lecture about Martin Luther King, Jr., from The Teaching Company

To thank for your continued support of The Teaching Company, and to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., Day on January 15 and Black History Month in February, we are proud to present Professor Dennis Dalton's lecture "Stride Toward Freedom" from his course, Freedom: Philosophy of Liberation. This lecture is a free gift to you. You may access this free lecture online until Wednesday, February 28, 2007.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968 when he was only 39. He made such a deep impression on our country's consciousness that one way we respect his memory is to observe the national holiday named in his honor. This lecture's title is taken from Dr. King's book Stride for Freedom, in which he described his lifelong struggle for freedom. Dr. King's life and legacy inspire us to examine how far the philosophy of freedom has evolved. Once the province of academics, that philosophy now inspires activists and political leaders in nonviolent struggle.

Join Professor Dalton on this intriguing examination of Dr. King's personal quest for freedom. You'll explore how this courageous Baptist minister interpreted Christ's concern for spiritual freedom and applied the nonviolent teachings of Christ and Mahatma Gandhi to race relations in the United States in the 1960s. Hear how Dr. King also developed the connection between freedom and justice that ultimately inspired history-making events such as the Montgomery bus boycott and Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a public, segregated bus. These events, and others that Dr. King inspired, paved the way for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision declaring Alabama's—and thus the nation's—segregation laws unconstitutional.

Dr. Dalton is the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor's from Rutgers University, his M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. in political theory from the University of London. Dr. Dalton has served as a review editor for the Journal of Developmental Studies (London), and as a U.S. correspondent for the South Asian Review (London). He is a member of both the American Political Science Association and the Association for Asian Studies. Professor Dalton has been honored with numerous scholarships and grants, including a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies, a senior fellowship with the American Institute of Indian Studies, and a Gandhi Peace Foundation Grant.

You may download this lecture to your computer, burn it to a CD, or load it on a portable listening device.

Access your free lecture online between now and Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Please feel free to send the link to the lecture to friends who might also enjoy it. It is free for them as well.

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