Commemorating Martin Luther King — part 5 of 6

In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UNMC Today will feature a series of photos and quotations from the civil rights leader. In today’s excerpt, King discusses what it takes — and doesn’t — to serve.

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Omaha Police Chief Thomas Warren and his sister, Brenda Council will make a joint presentation Monday, Jan. 17 at UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center. The free program will be from noon to 1 p.m. in the Storz Pavilion. Free lunch refreshments will be served for the first 250 people in attendance.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. shoots pool with neighborhood kids in Chicago.

“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

Taken from “The Words of Martin Luther King Jr.” Selected by Coretta Scott King. Newmarket Press, New York, 1987.