01/20/2025
Dr. Martin Luther King led by his faith and with love for everyone. Although his message was peace, we should never confuse that with him being placid. It takes radical faith, love, and strength to endure. His legacy should not just be remembered— it should be moved forward!
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
- Letter From a Birmingham Jail, 1963
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
- “Beyond Vietnam” Sermon, 1967
“Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application. For instance, I have been arrested on a charge of parading without a permit. Now, there is nothing wrong in having an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade. But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest.”
- Letter From a Birmingham Jail, 1963
“Always anchor our external direct action with the power of economic withdrawal.”
- “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” 1968
“A riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear?...It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.”
- “The Other America,” 1968
