Hawkins has kept a rich connection to King and his ideology since her youth, when she encountered King at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta as a 17-year-old student at Spelman College.
We must take action in whatever way we feel is most in line with our beliefs.” “The fifth Unity principle says it’s not enough to know the principles. He felt strongly that we must put action to our beliefs,” Hawkins says. “Martin Luther King felt it was not enough that we have certain inalienable rights. King’s philosophy coincides with the Unity principles, she says. Jacquelyn Hawkins compares the Unity principles with the faith of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. When I first saw his face, I knew he was a man of deep spiritual conviction and love.” Putting Love in Action He looked me right in the eyes with genuine warmth.
“Here was this international figure who led the march on Washington and won the Nobel Peace Prize, yet he was so humble. She says she felt an obligation to do her best because Martin Luther King Jr. King inspired a life of action in Hawkins. He was not unapproachable I could actually feel the warmth and genuine compassion coming from him.” “The second was that he was such a humble man. “One was that he was shorter in stature than his television images suggested I was at the same eye level as he. “I was immediately struck by two things,” Hawkins said. Hawkins recalled how that long-ago moment changed her life. It was a traditional gesture of Baptist church membership. extended the right hand of fellowship to a young Jackie Hawkins. Jackie Hawkins and Taking Action for Peace
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