I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There was an email forwarded to me from a first-grade teacher, and she said she was teaching them civil rights for MLK… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
There's no question that the black middle class has benefited greatly by the civil rights movement. But there is a large black… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. — Andrew Cuomo 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
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
No government is ever really in favor of so-called civil rights. It always tries to whittle them down. They are preserved under… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic… — Charles Moore Copy Share Image
For black politicians, civil rights organizations and white liberals to support the racist practices of the University of Michigan amounts to no… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,… — Charles B. Rangel 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
Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a… — Lyndon B Johnson 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
“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
A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
“The role of the press in the civil rights movement also points to our larger failure as a nation to validate and… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share Image
Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got… — Octavia Spencer 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
It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
