Talk:brothers

The "black males" sense is certainly not dated, though it may be more frequently seen in the singular these days. It's easier to google up if you spell it "brothas".

I would read Dr. King's usage as the same any Protestant minister would have used, referring to spiritual brothers of a congregation (in this case metaphorically extended to anyone in the civil rights movement). This in turn is straight out of the KJB (particularly the Epistles). -dmh 04:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)