I am not, in fact, a superhero. Just a humble, mild-mannered civil rights attorney. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In cultural history, the civil rights movement came before the women's movement. — Marisa Tomei Copy Share Image
…we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
My dad was a civil rights lawyer, and he was actually defending conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
Progress is possible, but it is fragile - and across our country, the battles for our most basic civil rights rage on. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about… — Morris Dees Copy Share Image
I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white… — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
In 1978, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after hearings exposed the F.B.I.'s egregious practice of illegally spying on civil rights… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
Newsman are the ones who - without them we don't have a civil rights movement, we don't have a women's movement, we… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of… — John Legend Copy Share Image
We didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
So much has to do with going beyond treating black people as cosmetic and symbolic items, as opposed to genuine personalities and… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
They came up with a civil rights bill in 1964, supposedly to solve our problem, and after the bill was signed, three… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
Not one of the investigations for civil rights violations that Eric Holder brought on behalf of the Department of Justice, resulted in… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
Voting in our country has never been easy, and unfortunately, it has never been guaranteed for everyone. But through the work of… — Jason Kander Copy Share Image
The foundational principles of modern liberalism - civil rights and greater economic equality - took further strides during Johnson's presidency than any… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty;… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
If Barack Obama believes there are no victims in U.S, then I assume he'll shut down all the civil rights offices throughout… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Equal protection under the law is not a hard principle to convince Americans of. The difficulty comes in persuading them that it… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“Of all the Islamic organizations in America, CAIR has risen to the top as the most visible, most outspoken defender of Muslims… — Brigitte Gabriel Copy Share Image
“There is another, grimmer history to the filibuster, though, one that carries special relevance for me. For almost a century, the filibuster… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Far from fading away, it appears that prisons are here to stay. And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Jim Jones started out as a civil rights crusader in Indianapolis. As a young preacher in the mid-50s, he used members of… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
“On February 7, President Johnson met at the White House with five black leaders, including Frederick Douglass, who came to lobby for… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“The belief in the power of "institutional racism" allows black civil rights leaders to denounce America as a "racist" society, when it… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? Are there any quotes… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
I was part of the peace movement and part of the civil rights movement. You know what we heard? 'The majority of… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image
The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community, the civil rights community is oddly quiet.” — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Wishy-washy equivocations - and not just on abortion, but on immigration, on civil rights, on income inequality - weaken all of us. — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't end on August 6, 1965. It continued because the work of creating a truly equal country never ends. — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
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