I believe in civil rights. Every man is born equal and should be treated as human. — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was not a mirage... It was live and in living color. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough. — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Anarchy is a butterfly; to change, evolve from Darkness and open your wings. — Jennifer Amorelli Copy Share Image
When I hear someone’s in the civil rights business, I oil up my AR-25. — Michael Savage Copy Share Image
If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother… — Yaya DaCosta Copy Share Image
The church is the only mechanism for mass mobilization. That's why the civil rights movement came out of the church. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
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… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
My great grandmother threw herself in front of a bus. The police tried to say she was committed suicide but the family… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King (Jr.) during the civil rights movement used to exclaim that he looked forward to heaven where he would be… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
You can't separate the phenomenal birth of unionism in the United States of America from the Pullman porters. This same small group… — Andre Braugher 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 first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, 'There go our civil rights.' I found out by comparing notes later… — Penn Jillette 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
I am above eighty years old ... I suppose I am about the only colored woman that goes about to speak for… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which… — Thomas Jefferson 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
The problem that we face as civil rights lawyers and advocates is that its extremely difficult to prove race discrimination because the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In America, racism exists but racists are all gone. Racists belong to the past. Racists are the thin-lipped mean white people in… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“To great effect, Reagan echoed white frustration in race-neutral terms through implicit racial appeals. His 'color-blind' rhetoric on crime, welfare, taxes, and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Most Americans who made it past the fourth grade have a pretty good idea who Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
“These examples and many others demonstrate an alarming trend whereby the privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“A college student who wants to file a complaint of sexual assault within the campus disciplinary system informs a university employee such… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Once again, we are thrilled to be hosting this amazing gathering for LGBT families from across the country. Our families are an… — Jennifer Chrisler Copy Share Image
In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“In his campaign for the presidency, Reagan mastered the "excision of the language of race from conservative public discourse"… For example, when… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
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