#martin luther king

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#come #gandhi #gone #king #lot

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#black #dr #hero #king #luther

I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realise that now. ↗

— R. Kelly

#before #bob #bob marley #come #greats

Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank. ↗

— Don King

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People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations. ↗

— Rodney King

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Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#america #birth #dream #each #his

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

— Jack Schwartz

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My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love. ↗

— Alveda King

#faith #family #granddaddy #hope #king

We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#any #death #king #luther #martin

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#alive #boston #deal #emerging #freedom