For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero. — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
“In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would make the color of a man's skin the criteria for granting him… — Julius Nyerere Copy Share Image
Newsman are the ones who - without them we don't have a civil rights movement, we don't have a women's movement, we… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them — James Howe Copy Share Image
During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights. — David Duke Copy Share Image
We've seen the worst that human beings are capable of. We've seen what happens when leaders abandon common decency in favor of… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her… — John Shimkus 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
The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as… — John Marshall Harlan 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
“It is no longer enough to just be a good person. We must work to be the next Abraham Lincoln or Martin… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
I agree that income disparity is the great issue of our time. It is even broader and more difficult than the civil… — Eleanor Holmes Norton 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
The threats are coming to this country, which will, of course, increase the massive industry known as the anti-terrorism industry, and crush… — Ralph Nader 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
“The Righteous Revolution of the Civil Rights Movement has unfortunately been high-jacked, by a small minority. And it has now become a… — Lawrence Sankar Copy Share Image
“There are always those who aspire to deprive minorities of their equality and civil rights. They NEVER sleep – they wait for… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
Nothing has been more detrimental to me than to be considered a symbol, because I never stood for any of that... The… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
“[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system, when… — Yuri Bezmenov Copy Share Image
“The corporate reform movement has co-opted progressive themes and language in the service of radical purposes. Advocating the privatization of public education… — Diane Ravitch 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
“This complex and contradictory relation to inequality largely persists in the United States to this day: on the one hand this is… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“They listened to a series of speeches by civil rights luminaries, capped off by a rousing, crowd-pleasing address by Martin Luther King.… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Even with a Democratic president behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a far larger percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“I think Republicans should fight for the black vote and blacks should fight for a place in the Republican Party, just as… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
“I argue that synagogue leaders have it backwards. Engaging individuals is what will lead them to affiliate with a synagogue as the… — Kerry M. Olitzky Copy Share Image
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