In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 20, 2020, John Dear speaks of King's journey with civil rights during the 1960s. Dear relates many of the incidents in King's life such as the letter from Birmingham Jail, the night King heard God's voice speak to him, and his many speeches and marches. Dear also tells of his own personal involvement as a child the day King was assassinated and later as a new Jesuit speaking with Coretta King.