Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Coffee

• When we rise in the morning... at the table we drink coffee which is provided to us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese, or cocoa by a West African; before we leave for our jobs we are already beholden to more than half the world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Morning, Jobs

• I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and ran toward the living room. As I approached the front window Coretta pointed joyfully to a slowly moving bus: "Darling, it's empty!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Drinking, Coffee, Moving

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

• The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Horse, Coffee

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.90, Beacon Press

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