Amos 5:24

King James Version

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Amos 5:24 KJV

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24 NIV

“For All . . . A Non-Segregated Society,” A Message for Race Relations Sunday (kinginstitute.stanford.edu) King penned the following message for the National Council of Churches’ thirty-fifth annual observance of Race Relations Sunday. King submitted a draft on 4 September 1956, and by November the NCC had begun distributing the final version in a pamphlet along with twelve “Suggestions for Action” that churches could use in the struggle against segregation.