The past several years have been troubling for a lot of us. A worldwide pandemic, financial burdens, political division, racial tensions … just surviving some days feels like a victory.
On April 10, 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. In his address, titled “Keep Moving from This Mountain,” he encouraged the students to persevere and keep fighting for justice — especially within the student movement that was sweeping through the nation at the time. He ended his speech with a now famous quote: “If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.”