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I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people… — Carol Moseley Braun
Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid. — Unknown Author
The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or… — Urvashi Vaid
I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the… — David Talbot
My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh. — Justin Sane
At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings… — Gary L. Francione
When I was 15 years old in the tenth grade, I heard Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met… — John Lewis
As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement. — James T. Walsh
What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement. — David Price
Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was born after the… — Shonda Rhimes
The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act of parliament as… — Wayne Pacelle
I think Dario Ringach is a poster boy for the concept that the use of force or the threat of force is an effective means… — Jerry Vlasak
(The animal rights movement) should be supported by all Christians. In an ecological universe, every created entity has intrinsic value because all are subjects as… — Unknown Author
LISTEN: If you ever wondered what you would do if you were alive in the Civil Rights Movement, NOW IS THE TIME to find out.… — Shaun King
I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial. — Jean O'Leary
Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to… — Jim Costa
The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last… — Carol Moseley Braun
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the… — Charles Rangel
The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. — Andrew Young
Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just… — James Earl Jones
We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement… — Clara Zetkin

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