It's a good bet that if Jesse Jackson calls something a 'civil rights issue,' it's not. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute. — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country. — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our… — Rza Copy Share Image
As I grew up, I watched and learned about women who fought for voting rights, civil rights and reproductive freedom among others. — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
As members of the oldest civil rights organization in the nation, NRA members know tyranny when we see it. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression. — Gary Clark, Jr Copy Share Image
My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Bolivia was the first country to stop hyperinflation in a democracy without depriving people of their civil rights and without violating human… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
You know, civil rights is great and everything, but a lot of people don't realize that plumbers in the South make less… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her… — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
“Justice” [Sept. 15]: It appears that the outcome of the civil rights movement has been to replace “Blacks not welcome” with “This… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think my experience at the University of Chicago, working in the civil rights movement, working in the peace movement, working with… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Truth be told, the party was moving in entirely the wrong direction. Ever since 1964, when Barry Goldwater championed “states’ rights”—understood to… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
“In a landmark ruling, New York Times v. Sullivan changed the standard for defamation and libel by requiring plaintiffs to prove malice--that… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
It's important for youth, black youths particularly, to be able to fill in the blanks of themselves so they can know completely… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Under the president's spying program, there are no checks and balances. There is no outside review of the legality of this brazen… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
I went to my first civil rights rally when I was 17 years old. I was a little skinny blond kid, scared… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
I had a fantasy as a child that I might be a writer someday. I always thought that meant you went to… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
I think that it is true that Eleanor Roosevelt, by being so active on that front, contributed to that impression very substantially.… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
When I was at 'Newsweek' magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four miles in the snow to… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
“You see, women have been essential to every great move of God. Yes, Moses led the Isaelites out of Egypt, but only… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
“The wounding legacy of segregation and growing up knowing adults who had worked for civil rights and equal opportunities for African Americans… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
“The House adjourned without voting on the bill, but the following year a similar bill—mandating equality in hotels and restaurants open to… — H.W. Brands Copy Share Image
“Things have come a long way in Mississippi. That’s the usual shorthand. Perhaps nowhere else in America has made more progress in… — Richard Grant Copy Share Image
“And that brings me to one last point. I've got a simple message for all the dedicated and patriotic federal workers who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“American officials estimated millions would be spent to develop internal security systems, and State Department officials expected the Cuban government to increase… — Keith Bolender Copy Share Image
“..I began speaking.. First, I took issue with the media's characterization of the post-Katrina New Orleans as resembling the third world as… — Billy Sothern Copy Share Image
“I remember it was a quiet, heat-hushed evening. Walking with Mrs. McDonald up a dusty, unpaved road toward her modest home, I… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
A little old lady sitting at the front of the bus can do nothing to change civil rights. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I grew up in Illinois in an environment where my parents were very politically active in the civil rights movement. — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
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