“Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.” SaidStillsAmericaHoursKingsWorshipLuther Author:Barney Frank
“Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.” PeopleSaidAmericaGivenBlackRaceKingsChecksBlack PeopleLuther Author:Andrew Young
“Martin Luther King Jr's agenda was not to help Negroes overcome American apartheid in the south. It was to make America democracy a better place, where everyday people, from poor people who were white and red and yellow and black and brown, would be able to live lives in decency and dignity.” PeopleHelpingWould BeAbleAmericaBlackWhitePoorDemocracyKingsRedDignityOvercomingSouthEverydayLive LifeBrownAgendasYellowBetter PlacePoor PeopleDecencyLutherApartheidRed And Yellow Author:Cornel West
“The legacy of [Martin Luther] King is the very thing that must be expanded if America is to be free and democratic in the 21st century. It's just as simple as that.” IfsAmericaSimpleCenturyKingsDemocraticLegacy21st CenturyLuther Author:Cornel West
“I remember the day Richard Nixon won in 1968. That was a time that seemed certain to bring about long awaited seismic change in America. But events of tragic proportion took us on a turn. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were suddenly dead.” LongAmericaRememberCertainTurnsEventsKingsProportionTragicLutherBobby Kennedy Author:Richard Schiff
“The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to stand on a balcony without getting shot still maintains its power to awe and inspire.” MenYearsStillsIdeasAmericaBlackPresidentInspireKingsShotsAweFortyLutherBalconies Author:Charlie Pierce