Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who championed racial equality, and preached that violence was not the answer, was hands down the greatest civil rights leader in American history.
I am here to say tonight, that if every negro in the United States turns against non-violence, I’m going to stand up as the lone voice and say this is the wrong way.-MLK
But did Dr. King’s approach actually serve to divide the races, and pave the way for race-baiting, so-called black activists like Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson?
On August 25, 2013, CBS’ “60 Minutes” aired an interview that Mike Wallace conducted with the late Dr. King.
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In the interview, King talked about and condemned the radical militant factions within the black community that called for rioting and violence.
But while speaking of peace and equality, Dr. King repeatedly referred to Americans of African descent, not as blacks, but as “Negros,” in addition to putting an emphasis on both “Black power” and “White power.”
And I contend that the cry of “black power” is, at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for the Negro. I think that we’ve got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard. And, what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the economic plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years.-MLK
Wallace then asked King how long he thought the then-race riots could last.
WALLACE: How many summers like this do you imagine that we can expect?
KING: Well, I would say this: we don’t have long. The mood of the Negro community now is one of urgency, one of saying that we aren’t going to wait. That we’ve got to have our freedom. We’ve waited too long. So that I would say that every summer we’re going to have this kind of vigorous protest. My hope is that it will be non-violent. I would hope that we can avoid riots because riots are self-defeating and socially destructive.
I would hope that we can avoid riots, but that we would be as militant and as determined next summer and through the winter as we have been this summer. And I think the answer about how long it will take will depend on the federal government, on the city halls of our various cities, and on White America to a large extent. This is where we are at this point, and I think White America will determine how long it will be and which way we go in the future.
Notice who is in this picture with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during one of last speeches.
Yes, that is the Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the most racist civil rights activists in society today, who has even referred to black men as “Ni**ers.”Many of today’s racist black leaders, including Jackson and Al Sharpton, like to say that they follow in the footsteps of Dr. King. The only footsteps they follow in are those of self-serving bigots who feed off the emotions of people and supporters they say they represent.
You can watch the interview with MLK here.