The debate between pragmatism and idealism is perennial, but Du Bois articulated clearly what sort of pragmatism can be countenanced, and what would frustrate its own purposes.

“You must accept them and accept them with love, for these innocent people have no other hope. They are in effect still trapped in a history which they do not understand and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it.”

KingAn Author Profile By Josh Herring Martin Luther King’s idea of justice draws its power from the full scope of our tradition. ❧ Full name and titles: the

“But to this solemn resolution I came, I was free, and they should be free also—I would make a home for them in the North, and, the Lord helping me, I would bring them all there.”

Calvin’s vision of Christ’s lordship over all areas of life and culture had a profound impact on the English Puritans, and through them upon the work of the Founding Fathers and the formulation of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution.