We're still a racist country, but we've come a long way since the civil rights eras and we are still a homophobic… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
As we continue our fight to advance civil rights and racial justice, we need to not only recognize but celebrate how Hip… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
My great grandmother threw herself in front of a bus. The police tried to say she was committed suicide but the family… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
The very rights that we supposedly won for African Americans in the civil rights movement no longer exist for those labeled felons.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Just five days now before Donald Trump becomes president of the United States after the most intense week yet of this transition.It… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Black History Month could focus less on slavery and civil rights and more on the Harlem Renaissance and everything we have achieved.… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
You've got the whole civil rights movements emanating from the south, you've got the music that came out of the south that… — Debra Winger Copy Share Image
“The reality of an historic struggle for civil rights has degenerated into the hustling rhetoric of Newspeak. “Equal opportunity” now means preferential… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
“Our history, America’s history, has been so heavily edited. In history classes, we don’t really go into full discussions about the past.… — Janelle Gray 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
The most memorable interviews for me are folks whose names I don't know: young civil rights leaders in the South, showing great… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Every person with a pulse has a responsibility to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community that is on the front lines… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“Despite the strides America has made in the civil rights movement, eradicating Jim Crow laws, teaching tolerance, and electing an African-American president,… — Lisa Bloom Copy Share Image
Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights — Maria Weston Chapman Copy Share Image
It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings]… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
...Sean Penn claimed to be 'serv[ing] the country' by giving aid and comfort to an enemy about to be attacked by the… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The war on drugs to me is absolutely phoney, its so obviously phoney, ok? It's a war against our civil rights, that's… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
“In a landmark ruling, New York Times v. Sullivan changed the standard for defamation and libel by requiring plaintiffs to prove malice--that… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“I remember it was a quiet, heat-hushed evening. Walking with Mrs. McDonald up a dusty, unpaved road toward her modest home, I… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
We are fighting for the right to live as free humans in this society. In fact, we are actually fighting for rights… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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