In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago,… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
Connecticut is proud of the human rights legacy of Thomas Dodd, and the work of the University of Connecticut to build on… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I had these romantic ideas about the Black Panther Party and what it meant to be a part… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history. — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
Generally, the arguments for same-sex marriage go along these lines: 'I have a civil right.' What the homosexual movement wants to do… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
This is a crucial time in the fight for corporate civil rights. Just look at the hateful signs at Occupy Wallstreet: 'Corporations… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Especially as the nation grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, structural racism and other deep challenges that affect students' educational experience, our Office… — Miguel Cardona Copy Share Image
“The birth of the civil rights movement was intimately bound up in the spread of jazz music throughout the United States. It… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
“The anger that was coursing through America deeply worried her. Although she was too young to remember the beginnings of the civil… — John Sandford Copy Share Image
Persistence. Change doesn't happen overnight. You have to stay with it. Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement in earnest in… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was… — Shonda Rhimes 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
And to me, that's why the civil rights era is about the future, not about the past, because it's great lessons of… — Taylor Branch Copy Share Image
Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
My dad was a civil rights lawyer, and he was actually defending conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam. — Al Franken 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
I`ve never been a passive political supporter. My grandmother, Betty Kleitz , god bless her soul, was from Tuskegee, Alabama, took parts… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
In your ordered verdict of guilty, you have trampled under foot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
What we're about is the belief that access to affordable and real-time health information is a basic human right, and it's a… — Elizabeth Holmes Copy Share Image
We are working with the office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in addressing the challenges with the social media companies to… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
