As each of us assembled a new text to read out of these fragments, the different voices blended and contrasted in fascinating ways. The voices of the past sounded like a fresh word for today.

On April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King delivered a speech, "Beyond Vietnam",  meticulously outlining the reasons for his public protest against the United State's war in Vietnam. The speech was to create a furor and many, who had previously supported MLK's work, turned against him.  He stated that he realized that "silence is betrayal" and that he had to speak out, even against the very administration that had been supporting his causes.