Civil rights Quote by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to…

— Gloria Allred

Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can…

— Cyndi Lauper

I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking.

— Amber Hollibaugh

You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age that I…

— Terri Sewell

The fight for civil rights did not end when Donald Trump was elected president. We've got work to do.

— Christopher Jackson

The civil rights movement is understanding your freedom under the Constitution of these United States and if anyone tries to take those freedoms from…

— Ken Hutcherson

When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.

— Wadada Leo Smith

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.

— Macklemore

Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.

— David Harris

We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an Ephemeral, evanescent…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

LISTEN: If you ever wondered what you would do if you were alive in the Civil Rights Movement, NOW IS THE TIME to find…

— Shaun King

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.

— Bernie Sanders