60 years ago — March 24, 1958
Here’s what readers were saying about one particular article back in 1958:
To the Outlook:
One of the articles that makes your paper especially valuable is the one by Martin Luther King Jr. (Outlook, Feb. 10). No publication is broadminded if it limits itself to contributions by members of its own denomination.
Mr. King suggested a program of statesmanship when he stood against the viciousness of mob rule, the evils of segregation, the inequalities of an economic system which discriminates against the masses in favor of privilege. …
Give us more articles of this kind so that the social conscience of your readers may become prepared to resist the maladjustments of our day.
— George B. Mangold, Los Angeles
