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by Harcourt Klinefelter (Author), Andrew J. Young (Foreword by)
As a young man, Harcourt ""Harky"" Klinefelter became involved in the US's civil rights movement of the 1960s. He was at the right place at the right time--the Selma March of 1965--to become the soundman for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This meant that Harky was there to record King's sermons and historic speeches that Harky then prepared for re-broadcasting. After King's assassination in 1968, Harky worked as minister to the street people and in 1972 he moved to Europe, where he is working to spread King's message about meeting discrimination, poverty, and violence with nonviolent action, and to be a negotiator and trainer for peace in war-torn countries. Along with his memories of working closely with King are some of Harky's philosophical and theological insights, an account of his teaching and training career, his ministry, his peace activities, and a life lived out from the faith that overcomes.
Author Biography
Harcourt Klinefelter, accomplished Christian peacemaker, is a civil and human rights activist, minister, educator/trainer, lecturer, and consultant in the US and Europe. For more than fifty years he has pursued the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with whom he worked closely.
With a master's degree from Yale University, he is ordained in the United Church of Christ and Mennonite Church and he facilitates outstanding courses on conflict resolution for church representatives, hippies, personnel, and residents in psychiatric and refugee institutions. Rev. Klinefelter is married and has three children and three grandchildren.
