Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer.… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
We have a tendency to sugar coat the Civil Rights movement by showing arm in arm and everyone singing 'Kumbaya'. We don't… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
“Shout out to the noisemakers. Our world needs your voices. Make noise for justice. Make noise for inclusion. Make noise for empathy.… — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
For centuries, faith has helped us overcome problems and helped us work to achieve a more perfect union. It has inspired the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
In Cairo, these young men hanging around in the street, we're told these guys are lazy, they're uneducated, they don't care, they… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
“The reality of an historic struggle for civil rights has degenerated into the hustling rhetoric of Newspeak. “Equal opportunity” now means preferential… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman... They are… — Lyndon B Johnson Copy Share Image
Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
In the time when my mother began standing up against prejudice and racism, the vast majority of white Americans rarely thought about… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Back in the 1970s, Kodak tried to give $25m to a black civil rights organisation in Rochester, New York. The company's shareholders… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I would have to say all of the civil rights acts, because there were three, and even, say, the Immigration Act, which… — Lynda Bird Johnson Robb Copy Share Image
From the end of Reconstruction through the civil rights revolution, the South was an almost uniformly Democratic region. In 1936, for example,… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
A hastily written "Civil Rights Act" was rushed through Congress. President Andrew Johnson immediately vetoed it, noting that the right to confer… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
“His in-laws, Erastus and Eloise Oppenheimer, lived in Ezra, Texas, a town tucked so deep in the woods of East Texas that… — Sharon Bayliss Copy Share Image
It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
I care about affordable housing. I care about bus routes. I care about small business. I care about schools. These are not… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
The Democrats pretended to care about black people for about five minutes to help their electoral process, and then civil rights suddenly… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Surely a tired woman on her way to work at six in the morning on a subway deserves the right to get… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement is understanding your freedom under the Constitution of these United States and if anyone tries to take those… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
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