The whole reason for the success of Dr. King's civil-rights movement was that it was not a movement for itself. The civil-rights… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“We knew no one man had killed the prophet. Rather, the combined weight of racism and an absence of moral courage had… — Marita Golden Copy Share Image
The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age… — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Maybe it's because my uncle and my parents were always very involved with the civil rights movement, so I just grew up… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
“Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I think what it was about was the people's right to vote and have those votes counted. And if you think back… — David Boies Copy Share Image
If you grew up white before the civil rights movement anywhere in the South, all grown-ups lied. They'd tell you stuff like,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“A week later fifty-four sit-ins were under way in fifteen cities in nine states in the South.60 It was obvious from the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
The Obama years will be remembered as a cultural - and legal - tipping point for equality for all people who do… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
Many heroic things happened during slavery. And remember that there was a national movement away from it even at the time. The… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“As historian Gerald McKnight observes, “King was proposing nothing less than a radical transformation of the Civil Rights Movement into a populist… — Michelle Alexander 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 loved going to the library. It was the first time I ever saw Black newspapers and magazines like JET, Ebony, the… — John Robert Lewis Copy Share Image
“The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was… — Emma Stone 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
“For the rest of the afternoon, Miss Bloom smiled almost as bright as the big yellow sun shining through the front picture… — Augusta Scattergood Copy Share Image
The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
“The enemy was not the Klan but the inside-outside lock that racism and classism had on the minds of the people: It… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
The advent of the civil rights movement during the 50s and 60s made it very plain crystal clear to me that we… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
You know, as a child of Palestinian immigrants, again, every corner of my district is a reminder of the civil rights movement,… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
I love how music and chants were used in the Civil Rights movement to help people keep marching. How songs were both… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“Many black and poor people, moreover, had become politicized by the civil rights movement and had begun to develop higher expectations from… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
