Access Quote by Jacqueline Woodson Download Open image “The civil rights movement was about access to public space. We had to fight for public space.” — Jacqueline Woodson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Access Civil Right Civil rights Civil rights movement Fight Movement Rights Space
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 Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and… — John Hume Copy Share Image
I think what it was about was the people's right to vote and have those votes counted. And if you think back through our… — David Boies Copy Share Image
In 1962, the smallest things were upsetting to authority. It wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the Anti-war Movement. It was something else,… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
That was exciting to be able to comment on civil rights. I mean, the civil rights movement that young people don't know about today, but Martin Luther King was considered by the establishment press in the early years of the sit-in movement as a dangerous man, and he was the equivalent at that time as Malcolm X. And he was… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share
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
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is still in… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think, even though homophobia still exists, there is much more of a dialogue and a taboo around being homophobic. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I'm usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way, I never… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
You have those walls up all around you...Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny,… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“And freedom? Oh, freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay.… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever… — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
It's the same with this idea of a literate public, and also of a democracy in which people have access to and really read… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
My hope is that if people have the knowledge, and if they actually see where their food comes from and have access to the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Leslie Stein's comics give readers privileged access to a complete and wholly original world of gently skewed wonders. — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education — John Legend Copy Share Image
Because the Internet's there, I have access to a lot of the legends, like Fela Kuti. I used to watch a lot of Fela… — King Krule Copy Share Image
There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a risk it… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to sift through… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Now that I'm more middle class, I have access to consumer goods. I do enjoy feminine frippery, feminine doo-da, stuff like that. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image