Civil rights Quote by Andrew Aydin

I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story…

— Emma Stone

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil…

— David Cameron

Dr. King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered at 'The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,' a call to justice beyond…

— Charles B. Rangel

In college, I was so blessed to have relationships with those who did the civil rights movement.

— Michael Tubbs

It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down Woodward Avenue…

— David Maraniss

In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

— Afeni Shakur

“The famous speech Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, included the sentence: "I have…

— Tammy Bruce

I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I…

— Olivia Wilde

In its essence, Martin Luther King Jr.'s ‘I Have a Dream' speech is one citizen's soul-searing plea with his countrymen––Whites and Blacks––to recognize that…

— Aberjhani

When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio.

— John Lewis

[Rosa Louise] Parks used to say, "Everybody looks at me because I sat down once in Montgomery, but the real hero is a woman…

— Marian Wright Edelman