Why do blacks need a "savior"? Even before King came on the scene, Jim Crow was fading, the black middle class was growing, and blacks were becoming more integrated into American society. And although welfare state socialism has hampered this process, it has nonetheless continued.
I know of no other racial or ethnic group in this country that looks to a "savior."
Maya Angelou stated it -
the oppressed (ie, blacks) don’t want to be free of oppression,
they want to feel their boots on the throats of their oppressors.
And, in black culture, the white man is the oppressor, regardless of whether there is any real oppression or not.