Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all… — James L. Farmer, Jr Copy Share Image
In the South, prior to the Civil Rights movement and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, democracy was the rule. The majority of… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
We've seen the worst that human beings are capable of. We've seen what happens when leaders abandon common decency in favor of… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
“For the rest of the afternoon, Miss Bloom smiled almost as bright as the big yellow sun shining through the front picture… — Augusta Scattergood 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
Jim Crow is alive and it's dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit, my friend, instead of a white robe. — Myrlie Evers-Williams 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
“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
“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
“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
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
Like the majority of Atlanta's residents, I am Black. Our city helped birth the modern civil rights movement, and I am the… — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age… — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
Jim Jones started out as a civil rights crusader in Indianapolis. As a young preacher in the mid-50s, he used members of… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“The rhetoric of ‘law and order’ was first mobilized in the late 1950s as Southern governors and law enforcement officials attempted to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
“When one person got involved, it took everybody else along. I went to jail first, but my entire family soon joined the… — Faith S. Holsaert Copy Share Image
Everything African-Americans - every freedom they have obtained - came from Republicans, not Democrats. All the way back to the Emancipation Proclamation,… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
I do think it's extremely important to acknowledge the gains that were made by the civil rights movement, the black power movement.Institutional… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Maybe, just maybe, there should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
