If you look at the history of the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller, in Latin America, in Indonesia, where almost a million people,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian… — Justin Sane Copy Share Image
I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement. — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
“This is how it works. Everything is connected. Every choice matters. Every person is vital, and valuable, and worthy of respect.” — Deborah Wiles Copy Share Image
We probably have, right now, after the Civil Rights movement - and this was very unfortunate - the most glaring time of… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know… — Endesha Ida Mae Holland Copy Share Image
America certainly has made extraordinary progress. The collective unconscious of the nation has certainly shifted as a result of the civil rights… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I was part of the peace movement and part of the civil rights movement. You know what we heard? 'The majority of… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
I never remember, like, saying, 'Well, I'm going to belong - join the civil rights movement.' — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
“Hollywood, Woodstock, nor the hippie culture was the source of power of the 1960's freedom movement. God was.” — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was not a mirage... It was live and in living color. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
The elites hate to acknowledge it, but when large numbers of ordinary people are moved to action, it changes the narrow political… — Dean Baker Copy Share Image
I go back to the parallels with 1963, 1964 when white America really became aware of the brutality of segregation, the cruelty… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think what it was about was the people's right to vote and have those votes counted. And if you think back… — David Boies Copy Share Image
“In the South, we knew our adversary would stop at nothing to silence our activism. We knew we could never match his… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
The seminal right of the modern civil rights movement was the right to vote. My father fought so diligently for it. Certainly… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
