After googling "martin luther king affirmative action" I found this:
"Whenever the issue of compensatory treatment for the Negro is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree; but he should ask nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but it is not realistic."
http://www.fair.org/extra/9505/king-...ve-action.html
(fortified with right-bashing goodness!)