“King became the movement’s voice and launched a new phase of mass protest. He was a disciple of the teachings of Gandhi… — Anthony R. Fellow Copy Share Image
Felons are typically stripped of the very rights supposedly won in the civil rights movement, including the right to vote, the right… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The only politician anybody ever believed was Kennedy, anyway. Kennedy, Martin Luther King - civil rights always turns out in bloody war.… — Shane MacGowan Copy Share Image
There's this big debate that goes on in America about what rights are: Civil rights, human rights, what they are? it's an… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
There used to be a joke that women need a reason to have sex, while men only need a place. Does policy… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If Barack Obama now, or some black person in the future, should become president, neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton would be… — Michael Eric Dyson 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
Dwight Eisenhower has been underestimated, which may relate to his advanced age in office, his somewhat uneven communications skills, and his failure… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
I heard the prophet Joseph Smith say the time would come when this nation would so far depart from its original purity,… — Eliza R. Snow Copy Share Image
Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The sober truth is that the most important civil rights battles were fought and won four decades before the Obama presidency. The… — Jason L. Riley Copy Share Image
We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. I… — Rand Paul 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
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
“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
The Community Relations Service would be another pro-civil rights Federal agency attempting to make people do what the policy of the Federal… — John Sparkman Copy Share Image
And to me, that's why the civil rights era is about the future, not about the past, because it's great lessons of… — Taylor Branch Copy Share Image
Americans are right to believe the American Dream is fading. But that dream only became a possibility for white men as a… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
“As in the matter of cures, treatments are usually argued against using patient's rights or civil rights as a defense. What makes… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
This [EURO] was never a hate group, the European American Unity and Rights Organization was an organization in its charter is dedicated… — David Duke Copy Share Image
The Obama years will be remembered as a cultural - and legal - tipping point for equality for all people who do… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because… — Bruce L. Shelley Copy Share Image
I think, especially among the New York intelligentsia at that time, that there was a reason Bob Dylan went to New York… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
A black man of my generation born in the late 1960s is more than twice as likely to go to prison in… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
I was born at a very crucial time. I consider 1968 to be the Mason Dixon line between pre- and post-civil rights… — Questlove 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
Everyone cares for disabled people, right? What they don't care for are genuine civil rights for disabled people. MARY JOHNSON tells the… — William Greider Copy Share Image
There’s nothing entertaining about watching goons hurl venomous slurs at congressmen like the civil rights hero John Lewis and the openly gay… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Coming to the civil rights movement in the twentieth century, we begin to have this idea that's still with us today, which… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
In terms of legacy, I'm not sure that I see some great historic deposit there, as a result of her passing our… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
“It was actually a museum. At least that's what the sign said. It read, "The Lerthon Coldson Civil Rights Museum." It made… — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
My book has a pre - civil rights setting with a post - civil rights sensibility. I believe less and less that… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
If you grew up white before the civil rights movement anywhere in the South, all grown-ups lied. They'd tell you stuff like,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
They don't worship at the altar of forced busing and mandatory quotas. They don't believe you can remedy past discrimination by mandating… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For those who have envisioned the State of Israel to be a democracy, which although primarily a Jewish polity for Jews is… — David Novak Copy Share Image