He was a humanist then, he's a humanist now, and to my mind John Carlos is an authentic American hero.
Tavis SmileyDemocrats, too often, take blacks for granted, and Republicans, too often, simply ignore black voters.
Tavis SmileyMy personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR, but for my money, King is the greatest American we have ever produced. His only weapon was love. He transforms a nation, transforms the world with one weapon and that of course being again the weapon of love. So that for me, King is the quintessential example of everything that I could ever want to be in my lifetime.
Tavis Smiley