A Journal of Research in Africana Studies
Freedom: Volume 2
The Possibility of King’s Beloved Community Going Forward
By J. Edward Hackett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Literature, Southern University and A&M College
Published in Freedom: Volume 2
Keywords
Martin Luther King, Jr; personalism; beloved community, Love
Abstract
In the following paper, I explain the underlying philosophical commitments of King’s beloved community. I posit three moments of the United States of America’s reconstruction: the Founding, the US Civil War, and the civil rights movement. The civil rights qua King’s beloved community should be the governing ideal that situates our understanding of what America could be when contrasted against the other Founding moments of the United States. What’s more, these challenges persist as we see the work that racial integrationism and beloved community have yet to be sufficiently formed and realized.
Digital Object Identifier
DOI: https://DOI.org/10.65373/LXRM9367