There's more than just racism. There's ageism and sexism as well. — Brandon Marshall Copy Share Image
The backlash against gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
“Print could be wielded by the purveyors of prejudice as well as by the combatants for civilization” — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In the 'era of colorblindness,' there's a nearly fanatical desire to cling to the myth that we, as a nation, have 'moved… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I really wanted people to see that just because I'm successful doesn't mean I'm not going to be affected by racism. — Leigh-Anne Pinnock Copy Share Image
Black history is part of American history, and it should be treated as such. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
“Y'all taught me that unacknowledged scars accumulated in battles won often hurt more than battles lost.” — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
I think you can find some rationales for that if we look at the background out of which he came. Martin [Luther… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
I think the biggest statement we can make as men, not as black men, as men, is to stick together and show… — Doc Rivers Copy Share Image
On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life… — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
We're still a racist country, but we've come a long way since the civil rights eras and we are still a homophobic… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender,… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that struck a lethal blow to… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“The civil rights revolution of the 1960s was vital, but it wasn’t a panacea, and the problems of today—from the racial wealth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Often dismayed by but generally unflinching in the face of perpetual adversity, he [W.E.B. Du Bois] engaged the battle for equal human… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
They said that the Negro had no initiative; that he was not a business man, but a laborer; that he had not… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
The real nightmare resides in a society that hides behind the mutually informing and poisonous notions of colorblindness and a post-racial society,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Trump gives progressives a way to channel whatever guilt they might have - whether from preventing homebuilding, benefitting from unfair taxes and… — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
Any racism or barriers that may be put up, you get a tremendous sense of resistance. The more you push me, the… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
Liberal Christianity, of course, has enemies, but they are everyone's enemies - sexism, racism, homophobia. But liberal versions of Christianity, which can… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
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