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Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Black Baptist preacher who came to be viewed as the leader of the Civil Rights movement. Early in his activist career King emphasized nonviolence and Christian principles of passivity and love. However, as time went on he grew frustrated with the “white moderate” and the possibility of instituting racial justice in the U.S. without revolutionary economic change. As he was growing more radical, his career was cut short when he was assassinated in 1968.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes in Stamped from the Beginning
The Stamped from the Beginning quotes below are all either spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. or refer to Martin Luther King, Jr.. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 35: New Republicans Quotes
The campaign for California’s Proposition 209 ballot initiative displayed the progression of racist ideas in their full effect: its proponents branded antiracist affirmative action as discriminatory, named the campaign and ballot measure the “civil rights initiative,” evoked the “dream” of Martin Luther King Jr. in an advertisement, and put a Black face on the campaign.
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The 1990s was a time of escalating racial discrimination, yet many people during this time claimed that racism no longer existed. In 1996, California voters elected to eliminate affirmative action in the Proposition 209 ballot. As Kendi explains here, the campaign in favor of Proposition 209 was a preeminent example of how antiracist language, ideas, and imagery can be used in service of racist policies. By using antiracism in this way, proponents of racist policies can win over segregationists who want to pretend that they are antiracist; assimilationists who often falsely believe that they are antiracist; and genuine antiracists who Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam co
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Character Timeline in Stamped from the Beginning
The timeline below shows where the character Martin Luther King, Jr. appears in Stamped from the Beginning. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 29: Massive Resistance
...that the 27-year-old “figurehead” of the Montgomery Bus Boycott is a Baptist preacher, Martin Luther King, Jr. The two men exchange letters in which King expresses his admiration of Du Bois’s...
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...passport, he visits China and the Soviet Union. He comes to feel more critical of King and his emphasis on Christianity. In the first ever televised presidential debate, Democrat John F....
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After being arrested while protesting in Birmingham, Alabama, King writes his famous “Letter from the Birmingham Jail,” in which he critiques the patronizing attitude...
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Chapter 30: The Act of Civil Rights
...Goldwater. In February 1965, Malcolm X is assassinated at a Harlem rally. Both Baldwin and King express their sorrow, although the New York Times pronounces, “The Apostle of Hate Is Dead.”
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Chapter 31: Black Power
Black Power has an impact on King, who repeats one of its messages (that “black is beautiful”) during a speech in August...
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...that the country is becoming more “separate” and “unequal.” While Richard Nixon condemns the report, King stresses its urgency and necessity. Lyndon Johnson commissions a second report (written by different individuals),...
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...SNCC office in Los Angeles on April 4, 1968, when she learns that Martin Luther King has been killed. The night before his assassination, he had promised a “colored peoples”’ revolution....
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