Even though [the Hartford speech] was one of his standard speeches, every time he gave it there were variations. |
I compare it [the movement] to the Exodus stories. If no one had told the Exodus stories, it would not have inspired people throughout the world for thousands of years. |
I don't think people give her enough credit for doing something very few people have done. If she hadn't been as dedicated and energetic as she was, the King Center wouldn't exist and the King holiday wouldn't exist. |
It's not quite as valuable as if it had been written in 1929, when Martin Luther King was born. |
The Institute makes sure that the work we're doing to preserve the King legacy - all of the materials related to King and the civil rights movement - goes on in perpetuity. |
Working in a social struggle is not necessarily rewarding. There are no retirement plans. |