1 of 2 "Peace, tolerance and justice are more significant to me now because of all the hate, racial discrimination and large numbers of murders,â said Dr. Dimetrous Nixon, who is known as a local African American historian and 2020 Herald-Banner Unsung Hero. File photo Kingâs voice was silenced years ago upon his death but the words, if we are really listening with our hearts speak even clearer than ever before,â Emily Thompson said. âIn these times these three quotes of Dr. Martin Luther King speak to me daily by seeing what once was our gloomy past transpire once more before our eyes ..."