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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… — Charlie Pierce
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He… — Michael Eric Dyson
When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their race, it begins… — Michael Eric Dyson
The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King. — Bobby Seale
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… — Malcolm X
When your heart speaks to you about what you need to do to sustain life on this planet, listen to it, make a difference, and… — Bernie Siegel
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of… — Jeffrey Toobin
I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint. — Ralph Abernathy
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse… — Charles B. Rangel
In my Philly neighborhood, black and white kids hung together without even thinking about it. The spirit of Martin Luther King was alive and well. — Daryl Hall
I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years… — Ira Sachs
Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality. — Yvette Clarke
In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them.… — Robert Reich
I was born after the Civil Rights Movement. I never saw Martin Luther King alive. — Cory Booker
Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist. What they ignore… — Karen DeCrow
I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. — George Takei
Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about. — Jack Schwartz
When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18,… — John Lewis
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.… — Richard Schiff
I loved Martin Luther King more than a brother. — Ralph Abernathy
I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment… — Katori Hall
His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's freedom - We seek the freedom of free men -… — Nikki Giovanni
Today is Martin Luther King Day , and He didn't have a dream that black people would divide up into teamlightskinned and teamdarkskinned. — Sonya Parker
Martin Luther King had a dream, but he also worked hard to make his dream come true, you have to do the same. — Sonya Parker
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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