Segregation Quotes

137 quotes by 93 authors

No wonder the regulators decided on segregation of boys and girls: Otherwise, it would have been a nightmare, this feeling angry and self-conscious and confused… — Lauren Oliver
We don't go for segregation. We go for separation. Separation is when you have your own. You control your own economy; you control your own… — Malcolm X
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
The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader. — Bayard Rustin
I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue,… — Bayard Rustin
My daddy thought - no, he expected - that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He was… — Wynton Marsalis
Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it. — Bobby Seale
When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it.… — John Shelby Spong
We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the… — Jonathan Kozol
Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that… — Benjamin E. Mays
I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live… — Randall Kennedy
Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity. — Randall Kennedy
My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation. — Alice Walker
There is no scriptural basis for segregation. — Billy Graham
Our religious police has the most dangerous effect on society - the segregation of genders, putting the wrong ideas in the heads of men and… — Basmah bint Saud
Racial segregation in the South not only separated the races, but it separated the South from the rest of the country. — Robert Dallek
When Johnson decided to fight for passage of the law John F. Kennedy had put before Congress in June 1963 banning segregation in places of… — Robert Dallek
Remember, we really grew up separately; our life experience was very different because of segregation. So I think comedy is a good space to work… — Riaad Moosa
This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish. — Maisie Williams
From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of them.… — Bill Frist

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