The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down… — David Maraniss 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
Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing… — Mel Watt Copy Share Image
Today's decision affirms what we all know to be true — the U.S. Constitution guarantees the basic civil rights of all Americans,… — Chad Griffin Copy Share Image
We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
“God bless mood equalizers. and all moods are created equal. i am the fucking civil rights movement of moods” — John Green Copy Share Image
“If J. Edgar Hoover had something like Total Information Awareness, would his agents have used it, as they did all the other… — Christian Parenti Copy Share Image
I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I have no use for "men's rights," any more than I have any use for "women's rights," but let us ask: Who… — Robert Stacy McCain Copy Share Image
Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid. — Mary Jane Patterson Copy Share Image
I think this mythology - that we're all beyond race, of course our police officers aren't racist, of course our politicians don't… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Coming to the civil rights movement in the twentieth century, we begin to have this idea that's still with us today, which… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
America in the age of Donald Trump is more permissive of explicit racism than it's been at any point since the civil… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
As president, I won't just continue to defend women's civil rights from political attacks - I'll make guaranteeing those rights a priority. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
“Jimmy likely wrote all three editorials, and one, titled “Who Is for Law and Order?” carried his byline. He argued that the… — Stephen M. Ward 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
If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“The War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
