Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.

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This book shares the never-before-told story of a friendship between two of the most well-known peace icons of the twentieth century, and each book is signed by the author, Marc Andrus. Although Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr. knew each other for only a few years before Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, their relationship had a profound impact on each other and on the world.

Thich Nhat Hanh wrote an open letter to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965 as part of his effort to raise awareness and bring peace in Vietnam. There was an unexpected outcome of Nhat Hanh’s letter to King: The two men met in 1966 and 1967 and became not only allies in the peace movement, but friends. This friendship between two prophetic figures from different religions and cultures, from countries at war with one another, reached a great depth in a short period of time. The two men bonded over a vision of the Beloved Community, a concept each knew of because of their membership within the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and that Martin Luther King Jr. had been popularizing through his work for some time. Published in November 2021.