If I woke up every day attempting to be my father, I would fail miserably. I think he was anointed. He was… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
There is more racial integration in American life and many more people of color serving as elected officials and corporate leaders than… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
My siblings and I were watching the evening news and we saw it flashed across the screen that our father had been… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I would assume my father would support anything that lifted up and created opportunities for 'the least of these.' — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I'm sure my father would applaud the explosion of youth activism that has emerged in response to the gun violence pandemic. I'm… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
The seminal right of the modern civil rights movement was the right to vote. My father fought so diligently for it. Certainly… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
America has an obligation to secure its borders, but it is wrong to pass laws that treat human beings as something less… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
The vision preached by my father a half-century ago was that his four little children would no longer live in a nation… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
The King Center in Atlanta specializes in educating people about my father's life, work and teachings, and we have resources and programs… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
It's clear to me that millions of young people understand and value my father's legacy of social change through nonviolence. — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
My father would be very concerned about the environment. He'd be disappointed that we have hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
But my father also supported human rights, freedom and self-determination for all people, including Latino agricultural workers, Native Americans, and the millions… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
My father's approach to the most brutal and unambiguous social injustices during the civil rights struggle was rooted in nonviolence as a… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
But there is just no way to adequately prepare a 10-year old for the sudden loss of a much-loved father. It was… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I was 10 years old when my father was assassinated in 1968. Then, I had some sense of the sacrifices and hardships… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
And what my father represented, my mother represented through her life, what I hope that I'm always trying to do is always… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
President Obama certainly has an impressive gift for eloquence, and he has a global vision, as did my father. He doesn't rattle… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
That's why I don't generally talk about endorsements because I don't believe we have to tell people who to vote for. — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
And I think that, at some point, I am, as John Lewis and many others, are a bridge-builder. The goal is to bring America… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
If I woke up every day attempting to be my father, I would fail miserably. I think he was anointed. He was chosen by… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I just think we have to create the climate so that people will come out on election day and vote. — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I think we have got to do a better job explaining to people why their vote does count. I think people feel disconnected from… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
There is more racial integration in American life and many more people of color serving as elected officials and corporate leaders than there were… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Our family has always drawn on the power from above to comfort us in times of despair and stress. — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I was told that Daddy was murdered by a white man. I could have adopted an attitude of hating whites. But then in 1974… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Many feel that in today's climate some of those in authority are exercising, in effect, a self-serving, 'ends justify the means' mindset as well,… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
African Americans are not going to be fooled by any group supported by industrial polluters. They know climate change is real and that we… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
There's something wrong in a nation where six million black men are not allowed to vote because they were convicted of felonies. They've paid… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Our challenge is to mobilize a new coalition of conscience to restore the Voting Rights Act, strengthen voting rights and broaden voter access in… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
