“As we move into the 21st century, it's going to be incumbent upon all of us to realize that while Martin Luther King Jr. was a great and awesome man, that we too have a calling and assignment in this life,”
“She knocked on doors, helped raise funds and did whatever needed to be done to make sure the center was built. My brother Martin and I, as well as the rest of my family and the King Center Board, have both a personal and moral responsibility to carry forth the heart and spirit of my mother's vision and the historic legacy she wishes to pass on to future generations.”
“There have been conversations with Dexter. We've had a lot of meetings. But it is difficult to work when one party ceases to listen and keeps going with his plans.”
“Prior to my mother's stroke, Martin and I had a conversation with her. She felt at some point, [the center] may in fact end up with the government, but she never envisioned it in her lifetime.”
“She was basically resting. She would come in and out of her rest, open her eyes, look around and go back into her rest. I was actually in the other bed when she took her last four breaths.”
“[A week ago, King was taken to Piedmont when her daughter Yolanda King noticed she had stopped speaking.] She's doing pretty good. She's making one step at a time, ... This is a temporary situation, but it's not a permanent condition.”
