“One of the greatest men to ever walk this land was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His life exemplified unity by bringing people together for the good of all. In any small way I hope to someday bring people together like Dr. King.” PeopleMenWayTogetherWalksLandKingsUnitySomedayDrsLutherGreatest ManDr Martin Luther King Author:Zach Wamp
“Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.” BlackKingsHeroDrsLutherDr Martin Luther KingAmerican Hero Author:Morgan Freeman
“I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary.” KnowsWantKidsWorstKingsOrdinaryDrsLutherAbrahamWorst FearDr Martin Luther King Author:Rafe Esquith
“In our times, significantly, the three outstanding voices against violence have been silenced by murder - Mahatma Gandhi in India, Archbishop Romero in El Salvador, and Dr. Martin Luther King, here at home.” Has BeensHomeThreeVoiceViolenceKingsIndiaMurderOur TimeDrsLutherOutstandingDr Martin Luther KingEl SalvadorAgainst Violence Book:Speaking up Source: Speaking up
“My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And I had the privilege of meeting them both.” MenTwoAchieveKingsHeroMeetingsPrivilegeAll TimeDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Monte Irvin
“The spirit of Dr. [Martin Luther] King and the thousands of people he worked with set the races on a different course in the United States... In that same spirit, we must have the courage - and teach our students the courage - to be bearers to the world of this transforming love, co-creators of a more deeply human world, collaborators with Christ in the building of God's Kingdom.” PeopleWorldHumansDifferentStatesSpiritCoursesChristUnitedRaceTeachUnited StatesCourageStudentsBuildingKingsCreatorKingdomsDrsLutherTransformingCollaboratorsDr Martin Luther King Author:Peter Hans Kolvenbach
“Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.” HumansHuman BeingsWonderfulKingsSense Of HumorDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Maya Angelou
“What's that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on the internet? Uh, and if I try to pirate it for free I'll get AIDS? I would have guessed scurvy. Well, see you later ghost of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.” IfsTryingWellsSongThreeHeardKingsInternetSixAlbumsAvailableAidsGhostEntitledDrsLutherPirateItunesDr Martin Luther King Author:Bo Burnham
“There's never been a film with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the center released in theaters. Ever! One does not exist. You've only seen tele-films and stage plays about him. Yet, we have big screens biopics about all kinds of people. So, I think it's only right that there be a full-length feature about Dr. King. I don't think there could be enough of them, but there should be at least one. So, here it is!” PeopleThinkingShouldKindDoeEnoughPlayBigsFilmStageKingsTheaterScreensAll KindsFeaturesLengthDrsLutherBig ScreenDr Martin Luther KingStage Play Author:Ava DuVernay
“At Ken Lay's funeral service the minister compared him to Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. The difference is Dr. King had a dream, Ken Lay had a scheme.” DreamDifferencesKingsLaysMinistersFuneralSchemesDrsLutherJuniorsDr Martin Luther King Author:Jay Leno
“I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late, and when it comes to climate change, that hour is almost upon us.” BelieveI BelieveHoursKingsLateClimateClimate ChangeI Believe InToo LateDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Barack Obama
“In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "No lie will last forever." We have to work at removing lies from our own hearts. And on the national level, we do this not because we blame our country, but because we love it.” HeartCountryLastsLyingLevelsForeverKingsBlameOur CountryDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Marianne Williamson
“It's soul force that removed the English from India. It's soul force that brought down the Berlin Wall. It's soul force that gave life to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s struggle for civil rights.” SoulForceStruggleRightsWallKingsIndiaCivil RightsDrsLutherBerlinBerlin WallDr Martin Luther KingSoul Force Author:Marianne Williamson
“You know, it's hard to say this, but I suspect that Obama is afraid either of blackmail potential or even worse. And he has referred to the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this main saying, "don't you remember what happened to Dr. King?"” KnowsHardRememberHappenedKingsKillingSuspectsDrsLutherBlackmailDr Martin Luther King Author:Ray McGovern
“I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.” IfsKnowsSometimesKingsHappeningsDrsUnbelievableLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Mavis Staples
“It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.” StatesJobsChurchKingsConscienceDrsLutherDr Martin Luther KingChaplains Author:Shane Claiborne
“One of the books that has guided me in the last ten years of my life to help me to be that leader is the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh's Being Peace. He's a Vietnamese monk. He was nominated for a Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King.” YearsBookHelpingLastsLeaderKingsTenBuddhistHelp MePrizeDrsMonkLutherVietnameseDr Martin Luther KingThich Nhat HanhBuddhist Monk Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.” WayTwoIndividualTroubleKingsMetsInspiredParksDrsLutherRosaDr Martin Luther King Author:John Lewis
“We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the fulfillment of Dr. [Martin Luther] King's dream, but it was a major down payment.” ImportantMomentsStoriesDreamRightsMovementKingsMajorsCivil RightsBarackFulfillmentMarchDrsLutherPaymentCivil Rights MovementInaugurationDr Martin Luther KingImportant Moments Author:Andrew Aydin
“Dr. [Martin Luther] King led a very historic march here in Washington, D.C. It was a march for jobs and freedom. It was a march to raise expectations that this country could live up to its ideals. I have watched this debate, this conversation [betwin Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump] about bigotry, about racism, I find it all misplaced.” CountryJobsTrumpKingsConversationRacismExpectationsIdealsRaisesClintonDebateMarchBigotryDrsHistoricLutherMisplacedDr Martin Luther King Author:Donna Brazile
“What you might not know is that shortly after she worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others, Rosa Parks had to leave her home in Alabama to escape the constant threat of violence.” KnowsHomeMightViolenceKingsConstantThreatParksDrsLutherAlabamaRosaDr Martin Luther King Author:Michel Martin
“I have many sources of inspiration. I'd have to point to Dr. Martin Luther King, first and foremost. But my parents were good, hardworking folks who kept us in the church and the public schools, and out of trouble, for the most part.” FirstsInspirationSchoolParentChurchTroubleSourceKingsFolksDrsLutherPublic SchoolHardworkingSource Of InspirationDr Martin Luther King Author:Van Jones
“[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to peace and the freedom of racialized minorities.” StrongBlackBuildingKingsCommitmentInstitutionsMinoritiesDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Manning Marable
“That's where Dr. [Martin Luther] King is mixed up. His goals should be the solution of the problem of the black man in America.” MenShouldProblemAmericaGoalBlackKingsSolutionsDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Malcolm X
“Now the goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who has brutalized them for four hundred years.” MenGivingYearsGoalChanceWhiteFourKingsHundredRestaurantsDrsWhite ManLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Malcolm X
“Nonviolence with Dr. [Martin Luther ]King is only a method. That's not his objective.” KingsMethodObjectivesNonviolenceDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Malcolm X
“I could turn around as Wyatt Walker said to me about, not you personally, but about the whole Black Muslim movement. That if you go outside of New York City, Dr. [Martin Luther] King is known to 90 percent of the Negroes in the United States and is respected and, and is identified more or less with him, at least as a hero of one kind or another. That the Black Muslim, outside of one or two communities like New York, are unknown.” IfsKindSaidTwoStatesWholeTurnsBlackCommunityUnitedCitiesKnownUnited StatesNew YorkMovementKingsHeroPercentNew York CityDrsLutherWalkersDr Martin Luther King Author:Malcolm X
“On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.” PeopleDreamNationsLeaderTrumpKingsProtectRainWeekendDrsSaturdayLutherIcyInaugurationDr Martin Luther King Author:Al Sharpton
“I think that I'll always remember the bust of Dr. [Martin Luther] King. I thought having an American here who represented rhat civic spirit that got me into this [president] office was useful.” ThinkingRememberSpiritPresidentKingsOfficeDrsLutherCivicsDr Martin Luther King Author:Barack Obama
“Being a progressive himself, Franklin Roosevelt was talking about the fact that we should provide jobs for everyone who wants one. People do have a right to live in decent housing. They do have a right to education. FDR was preaching this gospel in the '30s, and Dr. Martin Luther King did the same thing in the 1960s with the Poor People's March on Washington. Folks in this country have these rights and it's the job of this country to answer this call.” PeopleWantShouldCountryFactsJobsAnswersPoorTalkingRightsKingsFolksDecentMarchProgressivePreachingDrsPoor PeopleHousingLuther1960sFranklinDr Martin Luther KingMarch On Washington Author:Nina Turner
“The thing that would probably surprise most people was that Dr. Martin Luther King was a very reluctant leader. He felt very shocked at times that he had been chosen for this path, but he also understood that he was chosen for this path. He had several moments of acute doubt as to if he was up for the task - when people were injured in the protests he took it very personally, let alone when they were killed.” PeopleIfsMomentsFeltLeaderPathDoubtKingsUnderstoodTasksSurpriseChosenProtestDrsShockedLutherInjuredReluctantDr Martin Luther King Author:David Oyelowo
“Dr. Martin Luther King was never a man to say 'I've got this' as the leader of the movement. He wasn't always sure that his decisions were correct, because he knew every decision he made was putting lives at risk, including his and his family's lives.” MenMadeDecisionLeaderRiskMovementKingsIncludingDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:David Oyelowo