It's important for youth, black youths particularly, to be able to fill in the blanks of themselves so they can know completely… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The investigation of the rights of the slave has led me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
The things I really cared about - poverty, the Great Society, civil rights - were all being drained away by the Vietnam… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a Christian commonwealth…. [N]either Pagan nor [Muslim], nor Jew, ought to be excluded from the civil… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would make the color of a mans skin the criteria for granting him… — Julius Nyerere Copy Share Image
“In matters of human rights, ethics, morality, reason, righteousness, philosophy and theology, white people must be seen, not heard - unless you've… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It is our responsibility to stand up for equality, fairness, and civil rights. — London Breed Copy Share Image
“Now. 1973. Exactly." He tipped back in his chair, his arms folded across his chest. "So much changed in the sixties, the… — Susan Richards Shreve Copy Share Image
It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The anonymity issue is a big question. As long as people can disguise cyber attacks and as long as there is a… — Misha Glenny Copy Share Image
I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
[Rosa Louise] Parks used to say, "Everybody looks at me because I sat down once in Montgomery, but the real hero is… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Katherine Johnson actually integrated the public university in West Virginia. And Mary Jackson had to petition state courts to be allowed to… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image