Causes Quote by Constance Baker Motley

Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their…

— Frederick Douglass

If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If…

— Frederick Douglass

“They do not expect that the free right to vote, to enjoy civic rights, and to be educated, will come in a moment; they…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless…

— A. Philip Randolph

Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong…

— Jackie Robinson

There's a long history of saying certain people shouldn't be voting. And, unfortunately, the people who are often left out of these conversations are…

— Marc Lamont Hill

The negro is indolent and a dreamer; spending his meager wage on frivolity or drink; the European has a tradition of work and saving,…

— Che Guevara

The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly for quality,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

African Americans know implicitly that you cannot take freedoms for granted and that democracy is precious. And it's worth fighting for.

— Colin Allred

Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.

— A. Philip Randolph