I would get songs sung to me, like 'Old Man River, 'or kids would call me Mississippi and things like that. At… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
It took the United States Army to get one Negro into the University of Mississippi; it took troops to get a few… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Louis said, "There ought to be a comic book about geeks." Dr. McNaughton said, "There are books about geeks." He said, "There… — Lewis Nordan Copy Share Image
The average Southerner has the speech patterns of someone slipping in and out of consciousness. I can change my shoes and socks… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our… — Chris McDaniel Copy Share Image
Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time… — Sela Ward Copy Share Image
The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life,… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold… — John Moody Copy Share Image
I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
Coming from the South, I just felt you had to work just a little bit harder. It was not going to be… — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
I was raised in Mississippi, so heat and humidity is my bread and butter. It keeps me going. I can't stand cold… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have lost a true public servant with the passing of Alan Nunnelee, who dedicated so much of his life to improving… — Thad Cochran Copy Share Image
“Then the light changed the water, until all about them the woods in the rising wind seemed to grow taller and blow… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
When we have a favorite writer, it's always the places where they grew up, lived, worked, and that they recreated on the… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette,… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
When I joined the freedom movement in Mississippi in my early 20s, it was to come to the aid of sharecroppers, like… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The only thing I really feel is necessary is that the black people, not only in Mississippi, will have to actually upset… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I'm proud of where I come from. A lot of people leave Mississippi, and their claim to fame is somewhere else. But… — Steve McNair Copy Share Image
