Assumption Quote by Henry Giroux

Since the middle of the twentieth century, our understanding of the American past has been revolutionized, in no small part because of our altered…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

— John Lewis

White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of…

— Huey Newton

By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite significant progress,…

— Bill Cosby

Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a…

— Samantha Power

“Since White America refuses to see its past, they can't really see me either. Add to that a little of Madame C.J.s magic and…

— Mat Johnson

The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long as the…

— Susan L. Taylor

And to me, that's why the civil rights era is about the future, not about the past, because it's great lessons of how citizens…

— Taylor Branch

What the left ends up missing is that politics have always been at the heart of American culture; it's been a white identity that's…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Where race is concerned, America has had a horrible, a wretched history and that came to account in the 1960s, with the Civil Rights…

— Shelby Steele

With hindsight, we recognize that the social and moral confusion of the late 1960s and early 1970s is part of a cultural cycle; we're…

— Jeff Guinn

When the Kerner Commission told white America what black America has always known, that prejudice and hatred built the nation’s slums, maintains them and…

— Shirley Chisholm