Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about poverty in America and Haiti in three quotes. He described poverty as transforming hope into fatigue and causing millions to live in rat and vermin-filled slums. King also said the poor find themselves perishing on a lonely island of poverty surrounded by a vast ocean of material prosperity.

1. D R . M ARTIN L UTHER K ING J R . WORDS REACHING O UT TO P OVERTY & H AITI B Y : R ACHEL F ONTUS

3. " T HIS OTHER A MERICA HAS A DAILY UGLINESS ABOUT IT THAT CONSTANTLY TRANSFORMS THE EBULLIENCY OF HOPE INTO THE FATIGUE OF DESPAIR . -D R M ARTIN L UTHER K ING J R .

8. "I N THIS A MERICA MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES LIVING IN RAT - INFESTED , VERMIN - FILLED SLUMS . I N THIS A MERICA PEOPLE ARE POOR BY THE MILLIONS ". - D R M ARTIN L UTHER K ING J R

13. "T HEY FIND THEMSELVES PERISHING ON A LONELY ISLAND OF POVERTY IN THE MIDST OF A VAST OCEAN OF MATERIAL PROSPERITY " -D R . M ARTIN L UTHER K INK J R .