“I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us who are mere mortals. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mortality says to us that here's a figure who got up every day of his life facing tremendous odds and yet overcame them.”

Share & Save

Meaning

Not documented yet.

When It Was Said

Not documented yet.

Who It Was Said To

Not documented yet.

Historical Context

Not documented yet.

Source

Not documented yet.

Original Language & Translation

Originally said in English.

Did They Really Say It?

Not documented yet.

Did You Know?

Not documented yet.

About Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Eric Dyson is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.

More from Michael Eric Dyson (66 quotes) →

READ THE SOURCE

Books by Michael Eric Dyson

April 4, 1968

2008

VIEW ON AMAZON

Long Time Coming

2020

VIEW ON AMAZON

Tears we cannot stop

2017

VIEW ON AMAZON

The Black presidency

2016

VIEW ON AMAZON