Inspiration from Dr. King and Other Social Justice Leaders

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and countless other social justice leaders have offered invaluable wisdom and inspiration. We honor them today by sharing some of their most memorable words.

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." 

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else's oppression, we'll find our opportunities to make real change.” 

- Ijeoma Oluo

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“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” 

- William Penn

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“Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble… good trouble, necessary trouble.” 

- Rep. John Lewis

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“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” 

- Angela Davis

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“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

- Frederick Douglass

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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.