Segregation Quotes

137 quotes by 96 authors

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to… — Jesse Jackson
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people. — Coretta Scott King
Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people… — Jack Kingston
An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically… — Jonathan Kozol
Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance. — Jonathan Kozol
We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. — Jonathan Kozol
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
America preaches integration and practices segregation. — Malcolm X
When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art. — Jeanne Moreau
South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or… — Tariq Ramadan
Segregation in the South is honest, open and aboveboard. Of the two systems, or styles of segregation, the Northern and the Southern, there is no… — Strom Thurmond
Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever! — George C. Wallace
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. — George C. Wallace
We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just. — Carter G. Woodson
And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race. — Carter G. Woodson
I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women… — Barbra Streisand
The new architecture and urban design of segregation could be called Calvinist: they reflect a desire to live in a world of predestination rather than… — Rebecca Solnit
A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a… — Khalil Gibran
There is no trickier subject for a writer from the South than that of affection between a black person and a white one in the… — Kathryn Stockett
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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