Here are three takeaways:
1. Dr. King said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.”
2. Amanda Moore, a writer for The Huffington Post, described her difficulty in finding a source for the quote, which was oft-repeated but rarely appeared with further attribution.
3. The quote was printed in an edition of the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper dated March 26, 1966 (the day after the meeting in Chicago where Dr. King spoke).
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