Through electing officials that will protect the Constitution and commit themselves to the rights of the people and the health of the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them — James Howe Copy Share Image
It was very clear to me in 1965, in Mississippi, that, as a lawyer, I could get people into schools, desegregate the… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
Census data is used to determine more than $675 billion in federal funding; it is a demographic Rosetta Stone that is referenced… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our… — Frank Lautenberg Copy Share Image
“The evolution of national unity and equal rights is all about what America represents as a nation today: a manifestation of the… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
The civil-rights movement was completely impossible to achieve. But look at what ordinary people were able to do because they were willing… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about… — Morris Dees 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
Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
After years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Rather, I plead with you to see a mode of life in our midst, a mode of life stunted and distorted, but… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“Frederick Douglass called Republicans the ‘Party of freedom and progress,’ and the first Republican president was Abraham Lincoln, the author of the… — Elbert Guillory Copy Share Image
I always wondered why there weren't any films about Cesar Chavez. There are movies about other civil rights leaders in this country,… — Diego Luna Copy Share Image
“Something is terribly wrong in our society today when that blood washed banner of the Civil Rights movement which men and women… — Lawrence Sankar Copy Share Image
I have a big passion about civil rights for everyone - whoever is being downtrodden at the moment, it doesn't matter: racial… — Pauley Perrette 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
Evan Wolfson is a dear friend of mine. Almost more than any other, Evan is responsible for bringing the issue of marriage… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
While on the level of civil rights many things have changed decisively for the better, on the level of attitudes and mentality… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I think I came here as a priest... The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven;… — Samuel Bowers Copy Share Image
“Plus I have no doubt that their garden is also where my grandparents dreamed—for a better life of equality for their grandchildren… — Deborah L. Parker Copy Share Image
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