John Lewis' vital role in the civil rights movement will never be forgotten, and his legacy will forever be acknowledged by our… — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
It's time for us as a country to try to come together in ways that freedom was really meant to be. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
To me, I know that if we could pass the Civil Rights Act of '64 over 50 years ago, then we can… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being… — Victoria Gray Adams Copy Share Image
As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the… — James T. Walsh Copy Share Image
“Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly are being violated by Spain's central government. — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I am - Somebody. I may be poor, but I am - Somebody! I may be on welfare, but I am -… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
“Look, dude, you've sampled your life, mixed those sounds with a funk precedent, and established a sixteen-bar system of government for the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
We can't understand what we've accomplished on civil rights without telling the story of Bayard Rustin. And now, we must write the… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
All of the civil rights problems during the past years have created a situation where America right now is moving toward a… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“The civil rights revolution of the 1960s was vital, but it wasn’t a panacea, and the problems of today—from the racial wealth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
“Every February, my classmates and I were herded into assemblies for a ritual review of the Civil Rights Movement. Our teachers urged… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“I Have a Dream... someday my son, Zyon and ALL individuals with disabilities will be seen as HUMAN beings. I Have a… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
“It’s time to step up and start making examples out of people. Decent citizens black and white should not have to live… — Colin Flaherty Copy Share Image
I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was… — George Takei Copy Share Image
To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of… — Cornell William Brooks Copy Share Image
In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The prison guards are capable of committing daily atrocities and obscenities, smiling the smile of the angels all the while. — Jean Harris Copy Share Image
Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our… — Rza Copy Share Image
I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country. — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute. — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The environment is the most important, the most fundamental, civil-rights issue… Four out of every five toxic-waste dumps in America is in… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
“When I got off the train back home, I saw the WHITE and COLORED signs that had been there all along, as… — Dorothy Hampton Marcus Copy Share Image
Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't end on August 6, 1965. It continued because the work of creating a truly equal country never ends. — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
“I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the… — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
Race is not the stumbling block to progress it once was, in large part because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Wishy-washy equivocations - and not just on abortion, but on immigration, on civil rights, on income inequality - weaken all of us. — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I'm so happy to see the spirit because I haven't seen… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
