Currents Quote by Clarence Benjamin Jones

Anybody who takes Martin Luther King seriously has got to go beyond the standard understanding of who he was, has to connect those dots.

— Cornel West

Martin Luther King demeans his race and retards the advancement of his people.

— Strom Thurmond

“Martin Luther King, Jr.: “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”

— Jodi Picoult

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

— Maya Angelou

I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented.

— Coretta Scott King

Martin Luther King Jr. was a great teacher and just a great person in general.

— Akeem Ayers

I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. The philosophy that he…

— Coretta Scott King

Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.

— Jack Schwartz

“One of the great liabilities of life is that all too many people find themselves living amid a great period of social change, and…

— Roger Wolsey

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of…

— Maya Angelou

If Martin Luther King were here he'd be very surprised at some of the sugar-coated versions of American history presented today.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to live his life serving others.

— Coretta Scott King