An interfaith group's 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool
This image provided by Fellowship of Reconciliation shows the cover of "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story," a 16-page comic book published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a Christian-turned-interfaith anti-war organization, in 1958. Credit: AP
(RNS) — At cross-cultural gatherings in Bethlehem, West Bank, groups of children and adults turn to a 67-year-old, colorful comic book with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s image on its cover, his tie and shirt collar visible beneath his clerical robe.
As they read from “Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story,” the group leader is prepared to discuss questions about achieving peace through nonviolent behavior.
“What are the teachings we have from Martin Luther King?” asks Zoughbi Zoughbi, a Palestinian Christian who is the international president of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and founder of Wi’am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center.
“How can we benefit from it, and how do we deal with issues like that in the Palestinian area under the Israeli occupation? How to send a message of love, agape with assertiveness, not aggressive?”
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