Community Quote by Ella Baker

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

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 didn't pick his leadership position. Most movements are not started by single people.

— Marian Wright Edelman

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Southern, conservative minister who believed in the American promise. His dream was patriotic and traditional. Family, work, self-determination…

— Jason Whitlock

There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the…

— Camille Paglia

“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

Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero.

— Harry Enten

I don't remember when I didn't know about Martin Luther King.

— Lennie James

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

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

The most successful educational approach to the Negro is throgh a religious appeal. We do not want word to go out that we want…

— Margaret Sanger

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

— Cornel West