Support WBUROpinionRemembering King And The 'Fierce Urgency Of Now'Play04:39Download AudioE. Ethelbert MillerJanuary 15, 2010 ShareAmerican civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. sits on a couch and speaks on the telephone after encountering a white mob protesting against the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Ala., on May 26, 1961. (Express Newspapers/Getty Images)