"King says the next secretary of education needs to focus on two things - that the Department of Education is a civil rights agency with a responsibility to protect children, and that education is fundamental to the nation's economic and democratic success in the long-term."
"The reality - which is underdiscussed but essential to an understanding of our current situation - is that the civil rights work of Dr. King and other leaders was loudly opposed by overt racists and quietly sabotaged by cautious moderates."