I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“Things have come a long way in Mississippi. That’s the usual shorthand. Perhaps nowhere else in America has made more progress in… — Richard Grant Copy Share Image
The children of Birmingham did not really die in the State of Alabama, however, because Alabama is a state of mind, and… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer.… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother… — Yaya DaCosta Copy Share Image
There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
As Dr. King said, an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It is that creed of the civil rights movement… — Steven Horsford Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute. — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Any of us who work on the task of solving the climate crisis have at times an internal struggle between hope and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end. — Samuel Bowers Copy Share Image
You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society. — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
As I got to know the people of the Civil Rights Movement, I realized... I am the hopeful black woman who was… — Common Copy Share Image
“King had marched six weeks earlier through the Mississippi town where the civil rights workers Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner were murdered. He… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Because when we look at the modern civil rights movement under the leadership of my father and the team that he developed,… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
“Out & Equal is about work. It's about authenticity. It's also about justice. Essentially it's about love, because when you get right… — Selisse Berry Copy Share Image
“This book argues that mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow and that all those who care about social justice should… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
![“President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages…” quote by Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/054/danny-glover-7902_advantage_president-barack-obama-is-a-man-who-had_2467359.jpg)
