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Segregation Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- In our struggle against racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, I came to see at a very early stage that a synthesis of Gandhi's method of…
- Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You…
- To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.
- There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves…
- We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never…
- My uncertainty disappeared. Segregation is evil, and I cannot, as a minister, condone evil.
- Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral.
- There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up....…
- A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part…
- Unfortunately, most of the major denominations still practice segregation in local churches, hospitals, schools, and other church institutions. It is appalling that the most segregated…
- I've always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don't believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to…
- Segregation, as even the segregationists know in their hearts, is morally wrong and sinful. If it weren't, the white South would not be haunted as…
- 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…
More Segregation Quotes
- If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find… — George Aiken
- During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in… — Michael N. Castle
- In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope… — John Henrik Clarke
- In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me. — Maya Angelou
- My beliefs are now one hundred percent against racism and segregation in any form and I also believe that we don't judge… — Malcolm X
- We reject segregation even more militantly than you say you do! We want separation, which is not the same! The Honorable Elijah… — Malcolm X
- Everybody has the right to marry the person they love and be represented as a couple and family... It's something that people… — Julianne Moore
- The fundamental problem in the origin of species is not the origin of differences in appearance, since these arise at the level… — David Lack
- In our struggle against racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, I came to see at a very early stage that a synthesis of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence. — Stanley Crouch
- ...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination,… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that… — Cab Calloway