“Nothing that has happened in my life since I was 16 years old would’ve been possible. I wouldn’t have been in radio, I wouldn’t have been on television, I would have been have been who I am. I just wouldn’t have the life that I have without Martin Luther King Jr. To have been a living witness to the changes his vision and his dream have brought, not just for me personally but for me personally, it really is amazing grace.”

-Oprah Winfrey, paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a special episode of her show airing Monday

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