“Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.” WellsKidsPoliticalBitsPresidentLeaderRightsKingsCivil RightsBiographiesLutherJunkieCivil Rights Leaders Author:John Legend
“Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive.” MemoriesAliveRightsKingsMajorsCivil RightsRememberedLutherStewardshipPrince Of Peace Author:Morgan Freeman
“Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.” JusticeMoralIssuesRightsKingsThreatCivil RightsJailLutherMagnitudeMoral Issues Author:James Hansen
“How blind to believe the civil rights movement ever ended. The civil rights movement never ends, and it never will. It has been marching since the beginning of time. Where Martin Luther King started is where Gandhi left off, and where he started, Abe Lincoln left off, and before that Whitfield all the way back to Moses. God has not moved. We have. But it is never too late. We are not at the mercy of these events. We can alter the course of history. We can stand against the dangerous arc of this story. But we need people who are willing to speak truth.” PeopleWayNeedsBelieveHas BeensEndsStoriesCoursesLeftSpeakRightsDangerousEventsMovementWillingKingsLateMercyBlindMovedCivil RightsToo LateLutherMosesCivil Rights MovementSpeak The TruthArcsNever Too LateAbe Author:Glenn Beck
“It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down Woodward Avenue with more than 100,000 people and delivered the first major public iteration of his "I Have A Dream" speech, two months before he did it in Washington.” PeopleFirstsTwoDreamRightsMovementMonthsKingsSpeechMajorsTownsCivil RightsCrucialLutherJuneAvenuesCivil Rights MovementTwo MonthsI Have A Dream Speech Author:David Maraniss
“Detroit was an exaggeration of what was going on across the country. You could see the divisions, even within the Civil Rights Movement of that period. At the same time that Martin Luther King was talking about his dream, Malcolm X gave his most famous address in Detroit during that same period, "The Message To The Grass Roots," dismissing the notion of integration.” CountryDreamTalkingRightsMovementKingsPeriodsMessagesRootsNotionCivil RightsGrassAddressesDivisionIntegrationLutherCivil Rights MovementExaggerationDetroit Author:David Maraniss
“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
“Most students graduate from high school knowing nine words about the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and "I Have a Dream." And that's it!” DreamSchoolKnowingRightsMovementStudentsKingsHigh SchoolNineCivil RightsParksGraduatesLutherCivil Rights MovementRosaGraduating High School Author:Andrew Aydin
“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