Rights Legislation Quotes
- The ADA was a landmark civil rights legislation. It was a bill of rights for persons with disabilities, a formal acknowledgement that Americans with disabilities… — Valerie Jarrett
- It was the Democrats who were against civil rights legislation — Allen West
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part of its reforms.… — Adam Selzer
- We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no… — Bayard Rustin
- I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation was passed at… — Jed S. Rakoff
- Up until, really, Roosevelt, African-Americans largely voted ninety per cent Republican. That was the political origins, that's what their political voice was in the Republican… — Michael Steele
- A slew of federal civil rights legislation protecting the newly freed slaves was passed during the relatively brief but extraordinary period of black advancement known… — Michelle Alexander