I must remind you that starving a child 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.

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About Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King (27 April 1927 – 31 January 2006) was a civil rights activist, author, and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Mother of Yolanda Denise King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice King.

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It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

Like life, racial understanding is not something that we find but something that we must create. And so the ability of Negroes and whites to work together, to understand each other, will not be found readymade; it must be created by the fact of contact.