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
When I was at 'Newsweek' magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four miles in the snow to… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
We have a tendency to sugar coat the Civil Rights movement by showing arm in arm and everyone singing 'Kumbaya'. We don't… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash… — Reginald Hudlin Copy Share Image
“Some former Bush officials, however, believed that the Justice Department's failure to pursue the New Black Panther Party case resulted from top… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
“Lack of inclusivity in society is not a bug, it's a feature of western eurocentric education.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. The fight for equality isn't over yet. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
“Other generations faced big challenges: the Industrial Revolution with its sweeping social and economic changes; abolishing slavery; defeating fascism; establishing civil rights… — John Rogers Copy Share Image
We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
“The period that I would anoint as the golden era in American journalism was from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If only women are talking about women's rights, then the issue has failed from the start. If you think about the Holocaust,… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
As important as the civil rights movement was, I think what will rise to the top is that we left Earth in… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Everyone cares for disabled people, right? What they don't care for are genuine civil rights for disabled people. MARY JOHNSON tells the… — William Greider Copy Share Image
“If you won't stand up against those who tear us apart with their lies, hate, and bigotry, expect to do a lot… — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I am also identified as a civil rights leader or a human rights activist. I would also like to be thought… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“To-day, in more than half of Europe, man is at the mercy of the police; in 1900 even the most conservative and… — Salvador de Madariaga 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
Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
