The Essential King

MLK quotes, news, & more. Independent scholar tweeting the best quotes by and about King, including rare and hard-to-find quotes. Tweets by @DrewDellinger, PhD.

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"So long as America places 'white supremacy' first we will never have peace."

--Martin Luther King Jr. (Aug. 2, 1953)

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"So long as millions of people of our world are caught up, and inflicted with various diseases, nobody can be totally healthy. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny."

—MLK Jr., sermon, "Who Is My Neighbor?" (Feb. 18, 1968)

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"Before we are consumed too greatly by our man-centered arrogance, let us take a broader look at the universe.”

—Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) #cosmology

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"Science is the yoga of the West."

—Thomas Berry

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"We in SCLC must work out programs to bring the social change movements through from their early, and now inadequate, protest phase to a stage of massive, active, nonviolent resistance to the evils of the modern system."

--Martin Luther King Jr.

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“In the days ahead we will not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character.”

--Martin Luther King Jr.

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"Black Lives Are Star Stuff and Black Lives Matter—all of them."

--Chanda Prescod-Weinstein @IBJIYONGI

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"The white backlash is nothing new. White America has been backlashing on the fundamental God-given and human rights of Negro Americans for more than three hundred years."

--Martin Luther King Jr. (1967)

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The. Fierce. Urgency. Of. Naan.

We’ll allow it, counselor, but what’s next, “chai have a dream”? 😂

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"The doctrine of white supremacy was imbedded in every textbook and preached in practically every pulpit. It became a structural part of the culture."

--Martin Luther King Jr. (1967)

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"The white man does not abide by the law… His police forces are the ultimate mockery of law."

--Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)

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“We must mark him now as the most dangerous Negro in the future of this Nation.”

--FBI head of domestic intelligence, William Sullivan; memo on Dr. King, Aug. 30, 1963--two days after King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Article by @hannahgiorgis 👇
https://t.co/PgiiInPj8c

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Excellent article on Dr. King's contemporary relevance from @GreenTheRev and @kai_newkirk... 👇

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2 years ago, #NiaWilson was killed by a white supremacist emboldened by this administration. Today, we honor her life. A criminal conviction will never bring her back, but we will cont fighting to create a world where Black women are no longer lost to racist violence. #SayHerName

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"I happen to be a pacifist but if I had had to make a decision about fighting a war against Hitler, I may have temporarily given up my pacifism and taken up arms."

--Martin Luther King Jr., speaking in Grosse Pointe, MI (March 14, 1968)

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Starting today! Join the King Institute’s free online course “American Prophet: The Inner Life and Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.” via @StanfordOnline.

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"Dear Mike,

.... THE PEOPLE ARE WITH YOU. So, be not afraid... God is even more on your side. DO NOT BACK DOWN, DO NOT SWERVE. KEEP THE COURAGE. KEEP THE PATIENCE.... Have your home protected as much as possible....

Your pal,

Mac."

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In partnership with The Riverside Church (@RiversideNYC), we made available 6 recordings of Dr. King speaking at The Riverside Church between 1961 and 1967, including his landmark anti-war speech, “Beyond Vietnam.”

https://t.co/6hbmLJZF27

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Looking for educational resources and historic documents to better understand the legacy of King and the African-American freedom struggle? Read through the Liberation Curriculum and our lesson plans, free and available here:

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