Equality Quote by Alphonso Jackson Download Open image “In 1965, I marched for equality.” — Alphonso Jackson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Equality
On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was led by… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. — George Takei Copy Share Image
Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as… — Sheila Jackson Lee Copy Share Image
“THE ESCALATING DEMANDS for rights after 1965, and especially the riots, did more than bewilder people. They also aroused significant backlash, the most vivid… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
My parents were active in the anti-war movement in the 1960s, so I grew up with a tradition of civic activism around our dinner… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
I went to my first civil rights rally when I was 17 years old. I was a little skinny blond kid, scared to death,… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
The road toward equality of freedom is not easy, and great cost and danger march alongside us. We are committed to peaceful and nonviolent… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
The uproar of the late '60s - the antiwar movement, black riots, angry women. It was a wonderful time. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev.… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
I supported the right of oppressed people to armed struggle. That didn't mean I did it. — Susan Rosenberg Copy Share Image
One day I wished to run. Somewhere I can live freely Out of nowhere.Out of cruelty Everywhere...Where equality matters. — Louaiq8 Copy Share Image
You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside,… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
Race is the idea that a human being is more superior than another human being, race in society grants illusional rights to mistreat each… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
I hope that we always have diversity, that we have equality and representation every step of the way. — Marsai Martin Copy Share Image
“Unless man is commited to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labours in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of… — Adam Clayton Powell Copy Share Image
I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
I've identified as bisexual since I was a teenager, and if we want to achieve equality for all in our policies, we need more… — Katie Hill Copy Share Image
[Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years. — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity,… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
When we speak about equality, you want to be playing on the best pitches with the best facilities. You want to be able to… — Toni Duggan Copy Share Image
Free milk will be provided in Hoxton and Shoredith, in Eton and Harrow. What more social equality can you have than that? — Ellen Wilkinson Copy Share Image
The great paradox of the civil rights revolution is that instead of enforcing and expanding equality before the law, the revolution created differential rights… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image