Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
Coretta Scott KingThis was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God's will for your life.
Coretta Scott KingAll we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.
Coretta Scott KingWithout Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
Coretta Scott KingBehind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing.
Coretta Scott KingI must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.
Coretta Scott King