The civil rights movement was not a mirage... It was live and in living color. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters. — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I never remember, like, saying, 'Well, I'm going to belong - join the civil rights movement.' — Ruby Dee 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
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
Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right? — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
In college, I was so blessed to have relationships with those who did the civil rights movement. — Michael Tubbs Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so… — Al Franken 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
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Racism was once just racism, a terrible bigotry that people nevertheless learned to live with, if not as a necessary evil then… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press… — Lowell Bergman Copy Share Image
I am very proud of the fact that I led the arts contingent on the civil rights march in the summer of… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
In 1962, the smallest things were upsetting to authority. It wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the Anti-war Movement. It was… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
When I speak to students about the Civil Rights Movement, I say that it is impossible to stop a determined movement that… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The Righteous Revolution of the Civil Rights Movement has unfortunately been high-jacked, by a small minority. And it has now become a… — Lawrence Sankar Copy Share Image
“They listened to a series of speeches by civil rights luminaries, capped off by a rousing, crowd-pleasing address by Martin Luther King.… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“A new civil rights movement cannot be organized around the relics of the earlier system of control if it is to address… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“In Hollywood films and television documentaries, the battle lines are clearly drawn. Traditional public schools are bad; their supporters are apologists for… — Diane Ravitch 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
Newsman are the ones who - without them we don't have a civil rights movement, we don't have a women's movement, we… — George Clooney Copy Share Image