Civil rights Quote by Henry Louis Gates Download Open image “I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.” — Henry Louis Gates ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil Right Civil rights Civil rights movement Movement Rights Riot Think Thinking
The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues that were… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. — Paddy Ashdown Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was not a mirage... It was live and in living color. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
The civil-rights movement was completely impossible to achieve. But look at what ordinary people were able to do because they were willing to sacrifice… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think that there… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black? — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I think that the implication of King's assassination has not been fully appreciated. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as someone who tried to bring the story of our ancestors to the broadest possible audience. I want to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on TV. All… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the individual author… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Why do we apologize for advocating for ourselves? Why do we apologize for taking up space that we are entitled to? Why do we… — Elizabeth Tambascio Copy Share Image
We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology. We are… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country. — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
The great paradox of the civil rights revolution is that instead of enforcing and expanding equality before the law, the revolution created differential rights… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
The world - and America - has been defined by people who haven't necessarily abided by the laws and the rules. Civil disobedience is… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
