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When you've been raised in a home of love, and for your loved one to be taken away from you through violence, a lot of emotions go through your mind.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
If I woke up every day attempting to be my father, I would fail miserably. I think he was anointed. He was chosen by God, and there are few men or women in our world that will be chosen by God to make the kind of impact that he made.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
What I heard my mom always say was that, while she was never naive, she understood the FBI's intent was, obviously, to break up the family.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
My father's leadership was about more than civil rights. He was deeply concerned with human rights and world peace, and he said so on numerous occasions. He was a civil rights leader, true. But he was increasingly focused on human rights and a global concern and peace as an imperative.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
I believe we should appoint a cabinet-level position that will be solely and fully devoted to ending poverty as we know it in America.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
It's going to take all of us rolling up our sleeves to make America the America that it must become.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
No one in the planet can ever tell anyone else what they should do. For example, I do not go around the world trying to say somebody needs to be democratic.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
No one can tell any nation what it should want. The nation should determine what they want and how to make their nation become as best as it can become - all of us want our nations to be the best of what they can become, for our children.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
Had dad chosen to use violence he would have been immediately annihilated.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
I would assume my father would support anything that lifted up and created opportunities for 'the least of these.'
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
According to who brings an issue to the table, people will get up and support it. It shouldn't be based on that. It should be based on whether the kids are performing or not.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
If our education system does not continue to improve and be enhanced and be innovative and almost be revolutionary, then we will continue to lose our place in the world.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
We've always had to bring some form of ID to vote. It's just that states have created new forms of ID that young folk and seniors and students and people of color, it makes it challenging to get.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
You know, when you've idolized something, you put it on a shelf, lift it up, and when King Day comes out, you pull it out and show it. Or when Black History Month comes out, you show it, or when April 4th or other times, you show it. But, you see, Dad wouldn't want us to idolize.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
The true way generally when people don't understand your plight is when you decide to exercise your buying power elsewhere.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
And I think that, at some point, I am, as John Lewis and many others, are a bridge-builder. The goal is to bring America together and Americans. We are a great nation. But we must become a greater nation.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
And what my father represented, my mother represented through her life, what I hope that I'm always trying to do is always bring people together.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
My father would be very concerned about the environment. He'd be disappointed that we have hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions of people who are living out on the streets in the wealthiest nation on the planet. He'd be greatly disappointed because he would know that we can, and we must, do better.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
I think it's always in order to engage in constructive dialogue, even when you may not get any results.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
If we can live a day in peace, then why couldn't we live a week in peace? If we can master a week, why not a month? If we can master a month in peace, why not a year in peace? And if we can master a year, then certainly we can master a lifetime of peace as God's highest creation.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
And if we truly want a strong and secure middle class, we must restore the ability of labor unions to organize and represent working people.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
When my father articulated his vision for the future, he expressed his wish that one day his children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. This dream was not just about me and my siblings, but about our children and their children.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
I was 10 years old when my father was assassinated in 1968. Then, I had some sense of the sacrifices and hardships required of the families of a leader who was constantly in the news.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
But there is just no way to adequately prepare a 10-year old for the sudden loss of a much-loved father. It was a confusing time, with many painful moments.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
There is no one policy that can end gun violence. But a ban on the sale of assault weapons to the general public is a critical goal that must be achieved if we are ever going to have peaceful communities.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
Our obligation to fight pollution traces the roots of its persuasion to that same moral mountaintop from which my father lent his voice to the voiceless. The pursuit of civil equality in health helped build our environmental laws.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
Martin Luther King Jr. was an impassioned advocate of economic justice as well as social justice.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
Dad had a way of disarming people because he never really directly attacked them. He might attack a principle, but he never attacked the individual.
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Our kids are reflections of us. How we interact with others, even in a hostile situation... how we respond and our children see that is how they are going to respond.
Quote by -Martin Luther King III
The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material wealth.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
Black Lives Matter has become what black communities all over the world have needed it to become. At times, it is a hashtag; at other moments, it is a declaration, a cry of rage, a sharing of light. It has become a movement that is international, worldwide in its scope of liberation for black and oppressed people everywhere.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
My morning rituals are typical. I wake up yearning for a few extra moments of rest. I express gratitude to a higher power for the breath in my body and the blessings in my life. I shower. I dress. I eat breakfast. I exchange laughter and words with my beloveds, embracing each other as we say our daily goodbyes.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
Trump is literally the epitome of evil, all the evils of this country - be it racism, capitalism, sexism, homophobia.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
Our communities must demand dignified housing, satisfying jobs, and proper labor conditions; our educational system must be culturally relevant, multi-lingual, and teach our histories. Our value should not be determined by legal records.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
Policing has never been about public safety: its origins are rooted in social control, the denial of people's human rights, securing the U.S. borders, recapturing escaped, enslaved Africans, and upholding racist, homophobic, and transphobic laws.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to exist, free to live. It is a tool for our allies to show up differently for us.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Mya Hall, Walter Scott, Sandra Bland - these names are important. They're inherently important, and the space that #BlackLivesMatter held and continues to hold helped propel the conversation around the state-sanctioned violence they experienced.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
In 'When They Call You a Terrorist,' I reflect on my time growing up in Van Nuys, California, surrounded by my devoted family and supportive friends, weaving our experiences into the larger picture of how predominantly marginalized neighborhoods are under constant systemic attack.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.
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The Internet is the most democratic communication platform in history, largely because we've had network neutrality rules that make sure all web traffic is treated equally, and no voices are discriminated against.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors
In high school, I came out to my friends as queer. My entire world opened up; this was a monumental step toward unveiling my truest self. I had my first girlfriend when I was sixteen years old.
Quote by -Patrisse Cullors