I am groping about through this American forest of prejudice and proscription, determined to find some form of civilization where all men will be accepted for what they are worth.
[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fi
A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the street for peaceful purposes. Or, more simply, demonstrating the c...
Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.
I didn`t change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me.
May I say just a word to those of you who are struggling against this evil. Always be sure that you struggle with Christian methods and Christian weapons. Never succumb to the temptation of becoming b...
If not now, then when?
If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.
Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your su...
You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people.
Love is a better way.
If not us, then who?If not now, then when?
I'm hurting because the color of my skin makes me perfect for their target practice.
every time this happensI see my fathermy brothermy would be sonI see myselfstop killing us
Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people....
The bed sheet brigade is bad enough, but the real threat to Americans and human rights today is the plain clothes Klux in the halls of government and certain black-robed Klux on court benches.
However much history may be invoked in support of these policies (affirmative action), policy can apply to history but can only apply to the present or the future. The past may be many things, but it...
Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.
Non Violence and Religion: Both designed to keep the oppressed from murdering their oppressors.
Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.
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