The poorest people in our country today, on the whole, are working every day. But they are earning wages so low that they cannot begin to function in the mainstream of the economic life of our nation. … We have thousands and thousands of people working on full-time jobs, with part-time incomes.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher

“Why We Must Go to Washington” (15 Jan 1968)