Action Quote by Cornel West

“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

If we [black people] do not show up and support the march towards cinematic equality, the march towards being on a level at -…

— Terrence Howard

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

The negro king desired to be portrayed as white. But do not laugh at the poor African; for every man is but another negro…

— Heinrich Heine

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

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

— Cornel West

I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experience that's not normally exhibited in documentaries,…

— Elvis Mitchell

I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way,…

— Edward Enninful

Martin Luther King was talking about racism, war and poverty. I think we have made progress enormous progress in racism and war, but we…

— Andrew Young

“It is, then, not simply a question of black power or white power, but of how meaningfully to reenfranchise human power. This, as I…

— Wendell Berry

I think you can find some rationales for that if we look at the background out of which he came. Martin [Luther King] had…

— Ella Baker

As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights…

— James T. Walsh