I think it's a bit of a myth that black Americans need one leader. We're not a monolith. And now that legal… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The new architecture and urban design of segregation could be called Calvinist: they reflect a desire to live in a world of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Today’s residential segregation in the North, South, Midwest, and West is not the unintended consequence of individual choices and of otherwise well-meaning… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
To give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization. g. to apportion farm lands and homesteads for… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Some Israeli politicians have proposed the transfer of Palestinians out of what is currently called Israel, either into the occupied territories, into… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
All of you are aware of the tragic history of racism in America, but for a very long time, African-Americans and their… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“The liberal philosophy of race relations emphasized the stigma of segregation and the hypocrisy of a government that celebrates freedom and equality… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Childhood is analogous to language learning. It has a biological basis but cannot be realized unless a social environment triggers and nurtures… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
In supporting argument for segregation, Paul [the apostol] addresses the people in his epistle to the Colossians, and he tells them how… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The only difference between [America] and South Africa, South Africa preaches separation and practices separation, America preaches integration and practices segregation. This… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Any time you demonstrate against segregation and a man has the audacity to put a police dog on you, kill that dog,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Richard Donner made great movies. Seminal movies. The Academy, though, and we have to be careful here, should recognize popular films. Popular… — Amy Pascal Copy Share Image
We reject segregation even more militantly than you say you do! We want separation, which is not the same! The Honorable Elijah… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Most new prison construction has occurred in predominately white, rural communities, and thus a new and bizarre form of segregation has emerged… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
It is important that the strongest pressures against the continuation of segregation, North or South, be continually and constantly manifested. Probably, as… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Everybody has the right to marry the person they love and be represented as a couple and family... It's something that people… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
This idea of walls, segregation, labels, and 'You against us' and 'We are superior and you are inferior.' Which people are legitimate?… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
I fell in love with it. Walking around just feels so cinematic. I find the aris- tocratic parts of London so unattractive… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
Both morally and practically, segregation is to me a basic injustice. Since I believe it to be so, I must attempt to… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Through the dark days of legalized segregation and on into the civil rights era, jazz shone as a beacon for achieving interracial… — Randy Sandke Copy Share Image
“UNDIVIDED I am for One world undivided. One world without fear and corruption. One world ruled by Truth and Justice. I am… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Segregation laws were proposed as part of a deliberate effort to drive a wedge between poor whites and African Americans. These discriminatory… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Slowly I began to realize that the bells and the confinement, the crazy sequences, the age-segregation, the lack of privacy, the constant… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
“Since the white man's personality is greatly distorted by segregation, and his soul is greatly scarred, he needs the love of the… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I see a lot of individual action when it comes to environmental questions really as a form of politics as a way… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
“In America, music was the first sphere of social interaction in which racial barriers were challenged and overturned. And the challenge went… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
“It shames me to admit that in the white-defined society in which I was raised, blacks were considered merely background. This was… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
Housing is where it all begins. Where you live determines everything from where you shop for food, to how safe your neighborhood… — Solly Granatstein Copy Share Image
C'mon everybody, yeah, this is your life I'm talking about a revolution we gotta organize We don't need no segregation, we don't… — Prince Copy Share Image
It happens a lot every four years, or it used to, every time the Paralympics comes around. They'll be like: 'We've had… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
We don't go for segregation. We go for separation. Separation is when you have your own. You control your own economy; you… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I'd spend every summer in Longview on my grandfather's farm. It was a tiny little town divided by a river, which was… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Right now religion has the romantic aura of the forbidden - Christ is cool. We need to bring it into the schools,… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
![“In supporting argument for segregation, Paul [the apostol] addresses the people in his epistle to the Colossians, and he tells them how to treat their slaves. "Slaves, obey your masters. Masters, be kind to yourslaves." Paul was in favor of a kinder and gentler slavery; it never occurred to him to…” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/236/john-shelby-spong-1488_addresses_in-supporting-argument-for-segregation-p_1109923.jpg)
![“The only difference between [America] and South Africa, South Africa preaches separation and practices separation, America preaches integration and practices segregation. This is the only difference, they don't practice what they preach, whereas South Africa practices and preaches the same thing.” quote by Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/074/malcolm-x-213_america_the-only-difference-between-america-and_1919083.jpg)
