“It is appropriate that we celebrate Martin Luther King, a man who struggled so valiantly to restore humanity to the oppressed and the oppressor.”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“First, his personal achievement. I am not concerned here about marches and boycotts, great and important though they were, but rather about a man who struggled to conquer in himself both fear and hate, two of humanity’s most destructive and limiting emotions. I want to stress struggled and conquered…”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“Here’s the fact that I heard, but haven’t confirmed. I heard that when Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and said he had a dream, he was speaking into a PA system that Bill Cosby paid for. So, you understand what I’m saying? The point is this: He rapes, but he saves. And…”— Dave Chappelle, scrapsfromtheloft.com
“I don't understand. We have a day honoring Martin Luther King, but he didn't even work here.”— Jennifer Celotta, Michael Scott, Steve Carell, amazon.com