“I loved the land that surrounded me but hated the history that haunted that land.” — Mark Kemp Copy Share Image
The slogan of the American Civil Rights Movement was "We shall overcome!" Donald Trump's new campaign slogan is "We shall overcomb!" — Michael R. Burch Copy Share Image
I never remember, like, saying, 'Well, I'm going to belong - join the civil rights movement.' — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The church is the only mechanism for mass mobilization. That's why the civil rights movement came out of the church. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
“I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything.” — Augusta Scattergood Copy Share Image
During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
“There was an aura about King that was unforgettable. I seem him now in my mind's eye: collected, peaceful, calm. He was… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
My father wanted me to be a dentist like him, or any doctor, really. There was this attitude of, 'The civil rights… — Amy Sherald Copy Share Image
The advent of the civil rights movement during the 50s and 60s made it very plain crystal clear to me that we… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
You know, as a child of Palestinian immigrants, again, every corner of my district is a reminder of the civil rights movement,… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
I love how music and chants were used in the Civil Rights movement to help people keep marching. How songs were both… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
How blind to believe the civil rights movement ever ended. The civil rights movement never ends, and it never will. It has… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
There has to be spiritual transformation among the masses, who have to be willing to recognize that their oppression is not a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“I watched as people went to the memorial reading the names. I started at the first entry from 1954. I read each… — Janelle Gray Copy Share Image
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
One of the things I know about my family, my generation, and my ethic background is that we put in work and… — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What is the appeal of Trump, really? It's nostalgic: "Make America great again." Like European nationalists, he has a vision of a… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' for… — Anthea Butler 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
“For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my 'race,' unless… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Equal protection under the law is not a hard principle to convince Americans of. The difficulty comes in persuading them that it… — Mark Lilla 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
“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
“You see, women have been essential to every great move of God. Yes, Moses led the Isaelites out of Egypt, but only… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
“Many black women also kept guns within easy reach. But it is important to mention that women & their use of guns… — Charles E. Cobb Copy Share Image
“public statements condemning segregation, sharply worded telegrams to Washington, and meetings with White House officials—were demonstrably ineffectual. New and more dramatic measures… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.” — DaShanne Stokes 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
“Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was not a mirage... It was live and in living color. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of… — Norman Jewison 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
The civil rights movement didn't end on August 6, 1965. It continued because the work of creating a truly equal country never ends. — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
