African american Quote by Andreja Pejic

Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do.

— Opal Tometi

I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans.

— Christopher Rice

Black people have been fighting for basic citizenship rights since the inception of the country.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.

— Bernie Sanders

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

— Patrisse Cullors

Black Trans Lives Matter, to me, is really different. I think it speaks most directly to the marginalization and disenfranchisement of trans people within…

— Alicia Garza

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights…

— Jehane Noujaim

Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom.

— Patrisse Cullors

The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight…

— Patrisse Cullors

I argue that legal equality has failed resistance movements aimed at transforming material conditions of violence, and that trans activists should take a decidedly…

— Dean Spade

Whether it's microaggressions or blatant racism, it's always been a fight. We've been fighting oppression for 400 years and it will continue to be…

— Lexi Underwood

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to…

— Gloria Allred