Racism Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,...

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

To be Negro in America is to hope against hope.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have a dream, that one day on the red hills of Georgia...

— Martin Luther King, Jr

My uncertainty disappeared. Segregation is evil, and I cannot, as a minister, condone evil.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Negro is the child of two cultures - Africa and America. The problem is that in the search for wholeness all…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Racial understanding is not something we find, but something that we must create. Through education, we seek to change attitudes.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I feel that the time is always right to do what is right. Where progress for the Negro in America is concerned,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The unemployed, poverty-stricken white man must be made to realize that he is in the very same boat with the Negro. Together,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Segregation, as even the segregationists know in their hearts, is morally wrong and sinful. If it weren't, the white South would not…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The white poor also suffer deprivation and the humiliation of poverty if not of color. They are chained by the weight of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of forgiving love. For more that three centuries American Negroes…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When we ask Negroes to abide by the law, let us also declare that the white man does not abide by law…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr