Civil rights Quote by James Meredith Download Open image “The day for the Negro man being a coward is over.” — James Meredith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil rights Coward Men
The day that the black man takes an uncompromising step and realizes that he's within his rights, when his own freedom is being jeopardized,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation. And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence. The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering.… — Anonymous Copy Share
Once he [Negro] realizes that [he is at war ], then he can defend himself. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I say that the negro, when he is, when, when they cease to look at him as a negro and realize that he's a… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Let us prepare TODAY. For the TOMORROWS in the lives of the nations will be so eventful that Negroes everywhere will be called upon… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
“(The essence of the irony of the plight of the Negro in America, to me, is that he is doomed to live in isolation while those who condemn him seek the basest goals of any people on the face of the earth. Perhaps it would be possible for the Negro to become reconciled to his plight if he could be… — Richard Wright Copy Share
I think you'll find also that if the negro ever realizes that he should begin to fight for real for his freedom, there are… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My momma was slick as greased lightning. She knew how to get anybody and everybody to do whatever she wanted 'em to do. — James Meredith Copy Share Image
Nothing has been more detrimental to me than to be considered a symbol, because I never stood for any of that... The civil rights… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think theyll take care of me. — James Meredith Copy Share Image
I had developed a specifically calculated plan to break the system of white supremacy. My theory was that since Mississippi was the place, this… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
'Blacks were too scared to do anything, but they came out to greet James Meredith': That would have been the story in the evening… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
I am thankful for the strong, united response of our university community to the desecration of the James Meredith statue last year, confirming our university values of civility and respect. what it is saying is that the only possible justice for a black in the state of Mississippi is the federal government and if there's anything that we don't need… — James Meredith Copy Share
Only whites were allowed by law and practice to attend the University of Mississippi - a public institution supported by public dollars. Anything public… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
The real problem in Mississippi is almost a complete moral breakdown. In order to move Mississippi from the bottom to the top, all we… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
If black people use their resources properly, they can become as competitive as any group in society - take control of our neighborhoods, our… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
You gotta understand, the state of Mississippi was in rebellion. It had rebelled against the United States...Now that has been a very difficult story… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
I was taught to believe that the most dishonorable thing a Meredith could do was work in a white woman's kitchen and take care… — James Meredith 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 based on race, gender and, any day now, sexual orientation. The great liberal revolution, centuries in the making, that brought forth equality in law has been overthrown. In its place we see rising a new feudal… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share
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
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