Andrew Quote by Eustace Mullins

On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the history of…

— Thomas Perez

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

— Henry Rollins

“But where Lincoln’s absent hand was felt most keenly was in race relations. Black codes were passed in state after state across the South—as…

— Jay Winik

“The House adjourned without voting on the bill, but the following year a similar bill—mandating equality in hotels and restaurants open to the public,…

— H.W. Brands

Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and "had no…

— Eustace Mullins

“In 1866, Congress enforced the abolition of slavery by passing a Civil Rights Act, prohibiting actions that it deemed perpetuated the characteristics of slavery.…

— Richard Rothstein

“The Constitution was a compromise between slaveholding interests of the South and moneyed interests of the North. For the purpose of uniting the thirteen…

— Howard Zinn

“1791 -  The Bill of Rights is ratified”

— James Weber

“…the very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

“Our forefathers bequeathed to us far more than a republic. They willed to us an enduring Constitution that incorporates more thought and brainpower than…

— James D. Best

The advent of the civil rights movement during the 50s and 60s made it very plain crystal clear to me that we had an…

— John Lewis

“On February 7, President Johnson met at the White House with five black leaders, including Frederick Douglass, who came to lobby for a civil…

— Ron Chernow