Archive for January 14th 2010

‘The Drum Major Instinct’ A desire to lead the parade

Here are substantial excerpts of one of Dr. King’s best regular Sunday sermons, "The Drum Major Instinct,’’ at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he was co-pastor with his father "Daddy King." This sermon was preached on Feb. 4, 1968, exactly two months before his violent death. He essentially preaches his own eulogy in its last section.