In his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr., Jonathan Eig tells the story of King’s relationship with Stanley Levison, who served as “a key advisor and [King’s] closest white friend.” Levison shared his vision for racial equality, but not his faith. King challenged Levison, pointing out that his passion for justice demanded a belief in God: “Levison’s moral fervor was such that King refused to believe his friend’s agnosticism. ‘You don’t know it, Stan,’ King said, ‘but you believe in God.’”
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