M(ARTIN) L(UTHER) KING (JR.), WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE …? — Are we seeking power for power’s sake? Or … to make the world and our nation better places to live. If … the latter, violence can never provide the answer. The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral.
Are we seeking power for power's sake? Or [are we seeking] to make the world and our nation better places to live. If [we seek] the latter, violence can never provide the answer. The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, [begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.]
| A. | All-male college originally named Augusta Institute | MOREHOUSE |
| B. | John ____, congressman who said "Freedom is not a state; it is an act" | LEWIS |
| C. | Quickly set into motion (hyph.) | KICKSTART |
| D. | What might precede a shower | INVITATION |
| E. | Classic musical with the song "Tea for Two" (3 wds.) | NONONANETTE |
| F. | City where 1960 Woolworth's sit-ins sparked a widespread desegregation movement | GREENSBORO |
| G. | Unwelcome bug | WIRETAP |
| H. | Artist Matisse or Rousseau | HENRI |
| I. | Adam or Eve vis-à-vis the Garden of Eden | EVICTEE |
| J. | Certain surprise visit | RAID |
| K. | Bob or Mayella of "To Kill a Mockingbird" | EWELL |
| L. | Skinny, tea, dope | DEETS |
| M. | Western | OCCIDENTAL |
| N. | The birthday of the author of this puzzle's quote is part of a long one | WEEKEND |
| O. | Tedium, listlessness | ENNUI |
| P. | Bad lapse | GAFFE |
| Q. | Failed to respond to an alarm | OVERSLEPT |
| R. | Start or end of the Answer Y. for the author of this puzzle's quote (3 wds.) | FREEATLAST |
| S. | Maximally inexperienced | RAWEST |
| T. | Horace or Pablo Neruda, for example | ODIST |
| U. | One way to reach Washington | MARCH |
| V. | Bay | HOWL |
| W. | What viruses often do rapidly | EVOLVE |
| X. | Who famously said, "I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move" (2 wds.) | ROSAPARKS |
| Y. | See Clue R. | EPITAPH |