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Joe Biden delivered a sermon on Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, becoming the first sitting president to do so at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor.
„I’ve spoken before Parliament, kings, queens, leaders of the world — I’ve been doing this for a long time,“ Biden said. „But this is intimidating.“
King served as a pastor of the historic church until his assassination in 1968 at the age of 39. Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is the church’s current pastor, invited the president to deliver the sermon on what would have been King’s 94th birthday.
„Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a nonviolent warrior for justice, who followed the word, and the way, of his lord and his savior,“ Biden said. „On this day of remembrance, we gather at Dr. King’s cherished Ebenezer.“
During the speech, which lasted for roughly 25 minutes, Biden touched on both King’s faith and his commitment to equality.
