Quotes about Civil Rights

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. Votes: 5

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities. Votes: 5

At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the Civil Rights Movement. Votes: 5

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade. Votes: 5

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills. Votes: 4

Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement. Votes: 3

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Votes: 3

I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Votes: 3

This is Not Another Revolution. This is a Civil Rights Movement Votes: 3

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act. Votes: 3

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Votes: 3

For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression. Votes: 3

I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights. Votes: 3

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. Votes: 3

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. Votes: 3

We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964. Votes: 3

The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln. Votes: 3

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Votes: 3

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Votes: 3

Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back Votes: 3

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. Votes: 3

Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right? Votes: 3

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Votes: 3

He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist. Votes: 3

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Votes: 3

After Civil Rights, it was very awkward for whites and blacks. We didn't know how to talk to each other. Votes: 3

If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings. Votes: 3

In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence. Votes: 3

Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century. Votes: 3

You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society. Votes: 3

The slogan of the American Civil Rights Movement was "We shall overcome!" Donald Trump's new campaign slogan is "We shall overcomb!" Votes: 3

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. Votes: 3

Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. Votes: 3

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. Votes: 3

The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else. Votes: 3

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless. Votes: 3

Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic. Votes: 3

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. Votes: 3

Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive. Votes: 3

I had been involved in the March on Washington in 1963. I was with friends carrying a sign, 'Protestants, Jews and Catholics for Civil Rights.' Votes: 3

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. Votes: 3

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities Votes: 3

Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. Votes: 3

By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite significant progress, racism remains. Votes: 3

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. Votes: 3

The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era. Votes: 3

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Votes: 3

I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the Civil Rights Movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on. Votes: 3

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow. Votes: 3

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers. Votes: 3

LISTEN: If you ever wondered what you would do if you were alive in the Civil Rights Movement, NOW IS THE TIME to find out. NOW. RIGHT NOW. Votes: 3

The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from the black underclass. Votes: 3

If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus. Votes: 3

I think every high school student who was alert during the early '60s got very embittered by the slow progress and the violence surrounding the Civil Rights Movement. Votes: 3

I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country. It's not taught enough in school. Votes: 3

I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience. Votes: 3

I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience Votes: 3

My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights. Votes: 3

I think, along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks will go down as one of the two most well-known and remembered figures out of the Civil Rights Movement. Votes: 3

One of the triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement is that when you travel through the South today, you do not feel overwhelmed by a residue of grievance and hate. Votes: 3

The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will. Votes: 3

They don't worship at the altar of forced busing and mandatory quotas. They don't believe you can remedy past discrimination by mandating new discrimination. (Defending his nominees for Civil Rights Commission) Votes: 3

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society. Votes: 3

It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the Civil Rights Act and help make its promise a reality. Votes: 3

I had very little exposure to business growing up. I also was very focused on the Civil Rights Movement. And I saw law as a vehicle to really bring about substantial change. Votes: 3

What is needed in the world today is a Civil Rights Movement for the Soul, freeing humanity at last from the oppression of its belief in a violent, angry, and vindictive God. Votes: 3

I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961. Votes: 3

I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961 Votes: 3

In 1962, the smallest things were upsetting to authority. It wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the Anti-war Movement. It was something else, but it was a harbinger of what was to come. Votes: 3

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. Votes: 3

Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where people were getting beaten, killed, really struggling for the most elementary rights. Votes: 3

It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and the artistic revolution that was becoming a part of jazz. Votes: 3

I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., from Selma to Montgomery. Votes: 3

You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age that I really had a great appreciation for the struggle that took place. Votes: 3

The Civil Rights Commission should never have been brought into existence. It has been most prejudiced in its viewpoint, and has fomented trouble and racial disturbance since its inception. It should be abolished, not extended. Votes: 3

Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist. Votes: 3

This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges were brought to all three of these monumental pieces of legislation. Votes: 3

Everything African-Americans - every freedom they have obtained - came from Republicans, not Democrats. All the way back to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the Civil Rights movement. Civil Rights legislation was passed by a Republican Congress. Votes: 3

Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and women should be treated equally, a promise for which many Americans have lost their lives. Votes: 3

The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community. Votes: 3

A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era. Votes: 3

A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era. Votes: 3

Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights Movement and then Watergate, animated by Sam Ervin's mantra that no person is above the law. Votes: 3

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less Votes: 3

What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press to basically write or broadcast almost anything about the government. There's very few restrictions in that way. Votes: 3

I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn't qualify. Votes: 3

I have loved the Department of Justice ever since, as a young boy, I watched Robert Kennedy prove during the Civil Rights Movement how the department can - and must - always be a force for that which is right. Votes: 3

Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination in the public sphere and halt the abhorrent practice of segregation and Jim Crow laws. Votes: 3

Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them. Votes: 3

I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights movement wouldn't have the same resonance without the songs from everyone from Pete Seeger to Odetta to James Brown. Votes: 3

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken. Votes: 3

A hastily written "Civil Rights Act" was rushed through Congress. President Andrew Johnson immediately vetoed it, noting that the right to confer citizenship rested with the several states, and that "the tendency of the bill is to resuscitate the spirit of rebellion". Votes: 3

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. Votes: 3

We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the fulfillment of Dr. [Martin Luther] King's dream, but it was a major down payment. Votes: 3

We have a tendency to sugar coat the Civil Rights movement by showing arm in arm and everyone singing 'Kumbaya'. We don't really always show the resistance from the government, the resistance from the status quo, from the majority to silence the movement. Votes: 3

Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth. Votes: 3

I'm praying for 'Ice Age' 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Because I really think we can run those characters into the '60s, and I'm talking the 1960s, you know? The Civil Rights Movement. That's what I'm praying for, because then I wouldn't have to do anything else. Votes: 3

On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the history of the U.S. Senate, enshrined into law the basic principle upon which our country was founded - that all people are created equal. Votes: 3

Many Americans who supported the initial thrust of civil rights, as represented by the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later felt betrayed as the original concept of equal individual opportunity evolved toward the concept of equal group results. Votes: 3

I explained to the president that I've been pleased with my conversations with the Attorney General and Civil Rights Division regarding their helpful understanding that they aren't taking over this investigation, but are conducting a parallel review of the events that led to Michael Brown's death. Votes: 3

The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want. Votes: 3

This bill attempts to make sure that President Clinton is not allowed to do by Executive Order what Congress has declined to enact in the past two congressional sessions namely, to treat homosexuals as a special class protected under various titles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Votes: 3

Well, there's 10 "” there's 10 different "” there's 10 different titles, you know, to the Civil Rights Act, and nine out of 10 deal with public institutions and I'm absolutely in favor of. One deals with private institutions, and had I been around, I would have tried to modify that. Votes: 3

Quotas are a perfectly logical, if diabolical, extension of the regulation of private property courtesy of the Civil Rights Act, whereby in an attempt to shape American society in politically pleasing ways, people have been coerced into liking, hiring or renting against their will or better judgment. Votes: 3

It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down Woodward Avenue with more than 100,000 people and delivered the first major public iteration of his "I Have A Dream" speech, two months before he did it in Washington. Votes: 3

It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction but slavery itself, and there is a lesson to be drawn here about how the times influence the writing of history, something that we should never forget. Votes: 3

Contrary to the claims of the supporters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the sponsors of H.Res. 676, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not improve race relations or enhance freedom. Instead, the forced integration dictated by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 increased racial tensions while diminishing individual liberty. Votes: 3

When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them. Votes: 3

When I was at 'Newsweek' magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four miles in the snow to school - but I started at 'Newsweek' magazine in 1963, which was before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. So it was actually legal to discriminate against women, and 'Newsweek' did. Votes: 3

The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community. We are proud that he has been the best Attorney General on Civil Rights in U.S. history and disappointed because he leaves at a critical time when we need his continued diligence most. Votes: 3

You go through the Civil Rights struggle, everybody knew the songs - 'We shall overcome.' Everybody would sing it. Music helped us. James Brown, 'Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud.' They helped black people figure out how to navigate what was a very treacherous place in America for them. Votes: 3

I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago fighting for Civil Rights trying to desegregate schools in Chicago, who spent his whole life fighting against racism, I want your ideas. What do you think we can do? What can we do? Votes: 3

Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American progress since the Civil War and Civil Rights Acts but that his presidency would result in doors opening in the halls of power as had never been seen before by black America. Votes: 3

I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also for Esquire magazine. Reading the biography of Coffin, it just reminded me that in those days, when you saw the term 'Christian,' it usually meant people for civil rights and for justice. Votes: 3

The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage of Republicans voted for that than did Democrats. But a Democrat president signed it, so they co-opted credit for having passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Votes: 3

I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know that blacks had done any great things. I was always conscious of my inferiority and I always remembered my place - until the Civil Rights Movement came to the town where I was born and grew up. Votes: 3

Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was born after the Civil Rights movement, I was a toddler during the women's movement, I live in the United States of America, all of which means I am allowed to own my freedom, my rights, my voice and my uterus. Votes: 3

Activism is my rent for living on this planet Votes: 2

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither Votes: 1

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation Votes: 1

Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. Votes: 1

All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination. Votes: 1

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. Votes: 1

There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. Votes: 1

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around Votes: 1

The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic. Votes: 1

Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The government should deconstitutionalize the subject by repealing the embarrasing Amendment Votes: 1

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. Votes: 1

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites in proportion as their love of justice is above thir rapacity Votes: 1

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view. Votes: 1

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking. Votes: 1

I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights. Votes: 1

The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves. Votes: 1

Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement. Votes: 1

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. Votes: 1

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character. Votes: 1

It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it. Votes: 1

Our basic civil liberties are in jeopardy, but we're going to be spending our time as a society arguing about whether or not schoolchildren should be forced to pay tribute to imaginary invisible beings who live in magical kingdoms in outer space some Votes: 1

That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, w Votes: 1

One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes. Votes: 1

When the women's liberation movement began, when people began protesting against the Vietnam War, civil rights movement, at the beginning of those movements, the majority of the country was not with them, did not believe in the basic principles of any of those philosophies. Votes: 1

After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted the civil rights and liberties of blacks. Central to the enforcement of these laws were the stiff penalties for blacks possessing firearms. Votes: 1

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. Votes: 1

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything. Votes: 1

Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the sc Votes: 1

The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework? Votes: 1

There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty. Votes: 1

Gay marriage will be universally accepted in time. But if I may be so bold as to say to gays and lesbians, don't wait for that time to arrive. Just as my father and his generation did not 'wait' for their civil rights, nor should you. The toothpaste ain't going back in the tube. The tide has turned. Votes: 1

War diminishes both civil and economic rights. Votes: 0

We support President Truman's civil rights program. Votes: 0

You can't put civil rights on the ballot. Votes: 0

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody. Votes: 0

Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights. Votes: 0

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation. Votes: 0

Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time Votes: 0

I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney. Votes: 0

It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights. Votes: 0

I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

Filibuster has long tradition, but used to harm civil rights. Votes: 0

It was the Democrats who were against civil rights legislation Votes: 0

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader. Votes: 0

Friendship has no civil, and few emotional, rights in our society. Votes: 0

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights. Votes: 0

When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights. Votes: 0

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks. Votes: 0

School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. Votes: 0

Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today. Votes: 0

In cultural history, the civil rights movement came before the women's movement. Votes: 0

Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list. Votes: 0

By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader. Votes: 0

... being a feminist means that you believe in civil rights and social justice. Votes: 0

Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't. Votes: 0

I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam. Votes: 0

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. Votes: 0

You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities. Votes: 0

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop. Votes: 0

Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized. Votes: 0

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen. Votes: 0

It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

Students for a Democratic Society was also affiliated with the civil rights movement everywhere. Votes: 0

During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

When I hear someone's in the civil rights business, I oil up my AR-25. Votes: 0

Rosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist. Votes: 0

The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. Votes: 0

Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights. Votes: 0

[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them Votes: 0

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. Votes: 0

When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights. Votes: 0

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Votes: 0

Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights. Votes: 0

Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid. Votes: 0

President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

The greatest achievement of the civil-rights movement is that it has restored the dignity of indignation. Votes: 0

Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. Votes: 0

What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights Votes: 0

People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc. Votes: 0

You cannot demand your rights, civil or otherwise, if you are unwilling to say what you are. Votes: 0

Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans. Votes: 0

Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans. Votes: 0

Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay. Votes: 0

Civil rights was not an impossible dream. Thousands of brave African Americans stepped forward to make it happen. Votes: 0

Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership. Votes: 0

Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry." Votes: 0

Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry. Votes: 0

In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. Votes: 0

A little old lady sitting at the front of the bus can do nothing to change civil rights. Votes: 0

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. Votes: 0

For most of the world, civil and political rights... come as luxuries that are far away in the future. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst. Votes: 0

If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights. Votes: 0

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today. Votes: 0

I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. Votes: 0

The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America. Votes: 0

Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them. Votes: 0

If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. Votes: 0

What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights. Votes: 0

The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman. Votes: 0

In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor! Votes: 0

For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. Votes: 0

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways. Votes: 0

[A.J. Muste] was very influenced - in - influential in the peace movement, in the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices. Votes: 0

I've supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness for all. Votes: 0

Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end. Votes: 0

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand. Votes: 0

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights. Votes: 0

In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist. Votes: 0

Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law. Votes: 0

Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century. Votes: 0

Unequal group rights, the politics of redistribution and a Constitution whose meaning varies with changeable coalitions are a recipe for civil war. Votes: 0

Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights. Votes: 0

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act. Votes: 0

My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement. Votes: 0

The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization. Votes: 0

I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans. Votes: 0

[Democrats] are not handling the John Lewis flap the right way, clearly. John Lewis is a hero and a civil rights hero. Votes: 0

You spend so much time barking up the civil-rights tree, you don't even know there's a human-rights tree on the same floor. Votes: 0

Senator John Stennis: The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man. ... It freed my soul. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute. Votes: 0

The Stonewall riot may have been the start of a civil rights movement, but it was not the beginning of our history. Votes: 0

To have a show have lawyers fighting civil rights cases week in and week out, I think it's exactly what we need. Votes: 0

It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death. Votes: 0

Yet civil rights issues are very much on the front burner in South Carolina between the Black Lives Matter movement and police shootings. Votes: 0

Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor. Votes: 0

Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued existence. Votes: 0

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that. Votes: 0

Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society itself, Votes: 0

We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's civil rights to say whatever he pleases. Votes: 0

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. Votes: 0

The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets. Votes: 0

Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other. Votes: 0

In the time when my mother began standing up against prejudice and racism, the vast majority of white Americans rarely thought about civil rights. Votes: 0

When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country. Votes: 0

Without peace and the rule of law, civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights cannot be enjoyed, when killing, maiming and mutual poisoning prevail. Votes: 0

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN ambassador (b. 1932) Votes: 0

As important as the civil rights movement was, I think what will rise to the top is that we left Earth in that time. Votes: 0

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships." Votes: 0

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships. Votes: 0

Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored in law. Votes: 0

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community. Votes: 0

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts. Votes: 0

Gay rights to me that is the last civil right that we have not granted in America and I think it's an enormous embarrassment. Votes: 0

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights. Votes: 0

In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would make the color of a mans skin the criteria for granting him civil rights. Votes: 0

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. Votes: 0

Apple is to the United States government what Clarence Thomas was to the civil rights coalition. How dare you get this big sidestepping us. Votes: 0

My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure. Votes: 0

You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships. Votes: 0

There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil rights movement. Votes: 0

He had done regular live concerts from San Quentin jail until the civil rights people got him under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment clause. Votes: 0

The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics. Votes: 0

As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

The environment is the most important, the most fundamental, civil-rights issue.... Four out of every five toxic-waste dumps in America is in a black neighborhood. Votes: 0

Missing from the national conversation are voices of pro-immigration reformers and civil rights leaders, who can speak on behalf of those who have no voice. Votes: 0

Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument. Votes: 0

I was a good liberal in some sense at that point. I wanted to end a war. I wanted to support the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

Nobody would ever want to read a textbook about the Civil War and then interrupt that for two pages about water rights in the west. Votes: 0

My heart beats red, white, and blue. And with patriotism it aches Generally, I believe in democracy, freedom and civil rights But in particular, cupcakes Votes: 0

My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh. Votes: 0

We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage. Votes: 0

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks. Votes: 0

This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story. Votes: 0

If I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled. This is not the time for civil rights. There are larger issues for Americans. Votes: 0

Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil rights and environmental drives of our generation. Votes: 0

Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law. Votes: 0

I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues. Votes: 0

It's so simple: Right to marriage is a civil right, which like all civil rights should not depend on what state you happen to live in. Votes: 0

There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also corrupts. Votes: 0

No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority. Votes: 0

Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only necessary because of them. Votes: 0

Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away. Votes: 0

Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right that was fought for. Votes: 0

The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces. Votes: 0

We must protect the civil rights of American citizens - African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and all Americans - by ensuring that their jobs, wages, and well-being come first. Votes: 0

I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights. Votes: 0

Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the implementation of systems and standards. Votes: 0

I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. Votes: 0

Most students graduate from high school knowing nine words about the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and "I Have a Dream." And that's it! Votes: 0

Newsman are the ones who - without them we don't have a civil rights movement, we don't have a women's movement, we don't have a Vietnam movement. Votes: 0

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along. Votes: 0

Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about what happened to Billy Ray Johnson Votes: 0

My life is about being a civil rights activist. That's my life. Whoever you are, everyone, we either have civil rights or we don't. It's for everyone. Votes: 0

The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century. Votes: 0

Liberalism isn't quite as liberal as it pretends to be. And it goes through my adventures with the FBI during the anti-war period and the civil rights period. Votes: 0

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it. Votes: 0

The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals. Votes: 0

Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our civil rights and our individual liberties. Votes: 0

Culture is about humanizing people. You look at the African-American civil rights movement, you look at the LGBT rights movement - the culture changed before the politics did. Votes: 0

After much deliberation, and after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil-rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that DOMA should be repealed. Votes: 0

Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination. Votes: 0

If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction. Votes: 0

Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed. Votes: 0

The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil and religious rights of man. Votes: 0

We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo and not talked about and dealt with. Votes: 0

How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and is more and more difficult to check? Votes: 0

Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening! Votes: 0

Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening core civil liberties, rights and civic responsibilities. Votes: 0

Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country. Votes: 0

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character. Votes: 0

When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still poor. Materially, not much changed. Votes: 0

The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil liberties in the world aren't worth a dime. Votes: 0

Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that have been offer'd to private subjects.... Votes: 0

I would say when I went to Michigan. It started. I got very very involved in civil rights in Ann Harbor right away. Picketing, something I never even knew existed. Votes: 0

Quoting Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998) US civil rights leader We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. Votes: 0

Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was. And the Democrat Party and the black civil rights allies are partners in this genocide. Votes: 0

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better. Votes: 0

In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news. Votes: 0

Dr. King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered at 'The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,' a call to justice beyond the traditional civil rights movement's focus. Votes: 0

The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law. Votes: 0

My great grandmother threw herself in front of a bus. The police tried to say she was committed suicide but the family knew she was just trying to stop civil rights. Votes: 0

I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than any teacher's well-intentioned lecture on Martin Luther King did. Votes: 0

Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been. Votes: 0

Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has been especially noteworthy in the arena of civil rights. Votes: 0

Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies. Votes: 0

The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exlusions, and incapacitations are removed. Votes: 0

The psychedelic issue is a civil rights and civil liberties issue. It is an issue concerned with the most basic of human freedoms: religious practice and the privacy of the individual mind. Votes: 0

Where is the civil rights groundswell on behalf of stronger marriages that will allow more children to grow up in two-parent families and have a better chance of staying out of poverty? Votes: 0

You know, civil rights is great and everything, but a lot of people don't realize that plumbers in the South make less money than when they used to install separate drinking fountains. Votes: 0

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about. Votes: 0

Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many people - for them, life starts with a good job. Votes: 0

The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved. Votes: 0

Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things. Votes: 0

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about Votes: 0

In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate. Votes: 0

If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights, we give the socialists a freer hand to attack our property. Votes: 0

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education. Votes: 0

Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it. Votes: 0

All of the civil rights problems during the past years have created a situation where America right now is moving toward a police state. You can't have anything otherwise. So that's your supposition. Votes: 0

My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband. Votes: 0

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. Votes: 0

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university. Votes: 0

President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church. Votes: 0

You could not be in the civil rights movement without having an appreciation for everybody's rights. That these rights are not divisible - not something men have and women don't and so on. Votes: 0

Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. Votes: 0

I've heard people in the Middle East tell me that the most inspiring thing for them as people struggling against dictatorship in the Middle East is the memory of the civil rights movement. Votes: 0

When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law? Votes: 0

My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color were what they cared about most in the world. Votes: 0

A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president. Votes: 0

In the women's movement, women needed men to stand up and say, 'This isn't right.' In the civil rights of the '60s, it took people of all color to demand equal rights. Votes: 0

In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably in the United States over the period of the last several months. Votes: 0

The opinions of men should not be the object of any government. Our civil rights are no more dependent on our religious beliefs than they are dependent upon our thoughts about geometry or physics! Votes: 0

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970. Votes: 0

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970. Votes: 0

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution. Votes: 0

Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. Votes: 0

Obama has little or nothing to do with the civil-rights movement. His roots are in Kenya, and he is shaped far more by anti-colonialism than by anything that Martin Luther King said or did. Votes: 0

The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated into a demagogic hustle, promoting the mindless racism they once fought against. Votes: 0

Martin Luther King (Jr.) during the civil rights movement used to exclaim that he looked forward to heaven where he would be "Free at last." That is the inscription on his tomb in Atlanta. Votes: 0

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country. Votes: 0

We are fighting for the right to live as free humans in this society. In fact, we are actually fighting for rights that are even greater than civil rights and that is human rights. Votes: 0

I believe that what is legislated bleeds down into everything. So if the legislation continues to uphold anything that doesn't support equal rights and civil rights, that bleeds down into Matthew Shepard being murdered. Votes: 0

It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings beneath the political and the civil rights, we wouldn't go anywhere. Votes: 0

I think my experience at the University of Chicago, working in the civil rights movement, working in the peace movement, working with community organizations, did a lot to influence the politics that I have. Votes: 0

I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has had on our African-American brothers and sisters. I have witnessed it. Votes: 0

My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement. Votes: 0

I don't like calling myself a "feminist" only because I don't think I've done anything active enough to call myself one. It'd be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I'm not racist. Votes: 0

If only women are talking about women's rights, then the issue has failed from the start. If you think about the Holocaust, that wasn't just a Jewish issue. Civil rights weren't just a black issue. Votes: 0

It's soul force that removed the English from India. It's soul force that brought down the Berlin Wall. It's soul force that gave life to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s struggle for civil rights. Votes: 0

Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil rights. She sang with Pete Seeger among others. My father was an Actor. Votes: 0

Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you don't want me to be here, that's OK. I don't want to out-scream people. Votes: 0

I sound like a church nut, but look at the role of the churches in the civil rights movement in the States. People are brought together in other ways that can become drivers of change. Votes: 0

A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer. It's the civil rights of our day. It's the issue of our day. Votes: 0

It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. Votes: 0