Able Quote by Cornel West

Martin Luther King wanted to be morally consistent and speak out against various things that were wrong, not just racism.

— Cornel West

The goal of Martin Luther King is to get the Negroes to forgive the people the people who have brutalized them for four hundred…

— Malcolm X

We forgot that Martin Luther King, Jr. changed his discourse toward the end of his life because he understood that the real fundamental problem…

— Raoul Peck

The goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man…

— Malcolm X

Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America needs isn't…

— Jim Brown

Now the goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white…

— Malcolm X

Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America, when what black America needs isn't…

— Don Yaeger

Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the verge of…

— Ernie Chambers

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

— Strom Thurmond

That's where Dr. [Martin Luther] King is mixed up. His goals should be the solution of the problem of the black man in America.

— Malcolm X

Frederick Douglas's agenda was an agenda, not for black people to get out of slavery. It was for America to become a better democracy.…

— Cornel West

Martin Luther King would celebrate the symbolic status (of having a black president), but he would examine what the real substance was. And if…

— Cornel West