How God Used Dreams to Protect Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement: ‘We Had to Rely on The Spirit’

As the nation paused to remember the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Monday, Dr. Matthew Daniels of the non-profit group Good of All, which advances universal human rights around the world, is highlighting how deeply the Gospel message was connected to the Civil Rights Movement. 

“It’s one of the greatest examples in history of the Gospel having a positive impact on society,” Daniels said during an interview with CBN’s The Prayerlink. “The American South should have turned out like Rwanda. For the courage and faith of a handful of leaders like Dr. King and others, history was different and that’s because they used the principles of the Gospel to heal our nation.” 

Daniels also recalled the time when he met former US Ambassador to the UN and Civil Rights Pioneer Andrew Young who revealed even more insight into the spiritual connection to the movement.

He said Young told him, “‘We had to rely on the Spirit,’ and he said, ‘Well, we’d be planning to have a rally at Place A. The night before someone would have a dream telling us to go to Place B. So, the next day in obedience to the dream we’d go

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