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The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from… — Henry Louis Gates
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community. — Henry Louis Gates
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil… — Dick Gregory
That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my… — Pam Grier
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and… — Angela Davis
The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic. — Bell Hooks
I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social… — Richard Lamm
I'm praying for 'Ice Age' 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Because I really think we can run those characters into the '60s,… — Denis Leary
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our… — John Lewis
As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could have… — Jon Meacham
When the women's liberation movement began, when people began protesting against the Vietnam War, civil rights movement, at the beginning of those movements, the majority… — Michael Moore
There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people's passion, but when… — Moby
Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those… — Bonnie Raitt
Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of… — Dan Rather
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. — Bernice Johnson Reagon
The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned… — Dan Savage
Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right? — Russell Simmons
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 of… — Emma Stone
I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I… — Radhanath Swami
There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. — Andrew Young
another tradition to politics, a tradition (of politics) that stretched from the days of the country’s founding to the glory of the civil rights movement,… — Barack Obama
The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute. — Julian Bond
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also… — Barack Obama
In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was able to visit… — Bill Drayton

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