Christ Quote by Coretta Scott King

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

— Coretta Scott King

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

— Maya Angelou

One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his…

— Cornel West

I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a radical love…

— Cornel West

I was influenced at an early age by Gandhi, and I have read many biographies of him. I have been greatly influenced in the…

— Mary Robinson

I grew up reading Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

— Kalidou Koulibaly

“Martin Luther King, Jr., is the most quoted black man on the planet. His words are like scripture to you and, yes, to us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.

— Fred Hampton

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.…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Martin [Luther King] wasn't, basically, the kind of person - certainly at the stage that I knew him closest - wasn't the kind of…

— Ella Baker

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

— Jack Schwartz