“Black power showed up in different ways, depending on the goals of the group.” — Junius Williams 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
It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I don't know which hurt more: his rejection, his punch, or my own elder siblings laughing at my pain.” — Dorothy Hampton Marcus Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst. — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
A lot of the idealism of the Sixties was spot on, from the environmentalism to the war to the Civil Rights movement,… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights. — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
Bolsonaro is a tropical Trump. They have a very common agenda, a very regressive agenda, when it comes to civil rights, social… — Fernando Haddad Copy Share Image
“It is only through examining history that you become aware of where you stand within the continuum of change.” — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“It is important for upcoming activists to study American history, as well as political and philosophical thought. It is unlikely that what… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“If J. Edgar Hoover had something like Total Information Awareness, would his agents have used it, as they did all the other… — Christian Parenti Copy Share Image
“These and other measures, however, seemed relatively inconsequential in 1965 compared to a Big Four that passed by the end of the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what… — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
This bill attempts to make sure that President Clinton is not allowed to do by Executive Order what Congress has declined to… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
I know I'm going back some decades, but I'll never forget the discomfort of being one of the few Black kids in… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
This generation is different. They are not as interested in chasing money or material possessions. I believe that this generation is more… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
We know that there were so many Japanese American soldiers in World War II who were fighting in Europe despite the fact… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
For black politicians, civil rights organizations and white liberals to support the racist practices of the University of Michigan amounts to no… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
I have no use for "men's rights," any more than I have any use for "women's rights," but let us ask: Who… — Robert Stacy McCain Copy Share Image
“If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? Are there any quotes… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
I see a lot of individual action when it comes to environmental questions really as a form of politics as a way… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“If somebody comes and scoops up all of my neighbor’s information because they’re on Verizon and just gathers all of that information,… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate,… — Marian Anderson Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Bill of Rights: (n.) official tally of how much our rights cost to keep.” — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“I didn't change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me.” — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
