radical Martin Luther King quotes

If you can shoot Martin [Luther King Jr.], you can shoot all of us. And there’s nothing in your record to indicate you won’t, or anything that would prevent you from doing it. That will be the beginning of the end, if you do, and that knowledge will be all that will hold your hand. Because one no longer believes, you see—I don’t any longer believe, and not many black people in this country can afford to believe— any longer a word you say. I don’t believe in the morality of this people at all. I don’t believe you do the right thing because you think it’s the right thing. I think you may be forced to do it because it will be the expedient thing. Which is good enough.

James Baldwin in Esquire Magazine (1968), via the #BlackLivesMatter reading list (via autostraddle)

1. revendeurdemort liked this
2. tobiaslovesmydauntlesscake liked this
3. slice-thrice liked this
4. sailorguardianwannabe reblogged this from teachone71
5. teachone71 reblogged this from oldbronxlady
6. sarcastic-writer-bean reblogged this from literally-just-sitting-here
7. literally-just-sitting-here reblogged this from anarchistettin
8. literally-just-sitting-here liked this
9. hautesnot liked this
10. oldbronxlady reblogged this from autumn-imara
11. oldbronxlady liked this
12. choppers-pink-hat liked this
13. lokifreign liked this
14. anarchistettin reblogged this from autumn-imara
15. autumn-imara reblogged this from unquotedmlk
16. autumn-imara liked this
17. van-del liked this
18. doctorjohcoy liked this
19. lemongrassbunt reblogged this from unquotedmlk
20. omglovelovelove liked this
21. luvb-low liked this
22. depressedandwaffleobsessed liked this
23. enigmaticexpressions liked this
24. akonoadham reblogged this from akonoadham
25. wisdompluscrazy reblogged this from unquotedmlk
26. wisdompluscrazy liked this
27. k-michaelis liked this
28. 7zyx liked this
29. deliciousunknownpeace liked this
30. internetgod001 liked this
31. shaekirsten liked this
32. someone-is-bored liked this
33. heterobegone-blog liked this
34. hoodygirl liked this
35. umnomedemerda liked this
36. jwpenny liked this
37. liesandbrokenhearts liked this
38. son-darius reblogged this from unquotedmlk
39. son-darius liked this
40. autostraddle posted this
41. Show more notesLoading...