Civil rights Quote by James T. Patterson

“To be accepted by the public, transformative legislation—Social Security, the Civil Rights Act, Medicare—needed at least some level of bipartisan congressional support.”

— Jack Cashill

“Congress also did little to deal with poverty, education, or mounting urban problems. It seemed especially deaf to what was soon to become the…

— James T. Patterson

We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation -…

— Bayard Rustin

The Supreme Court 2013 ruling that gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act set in motion what many feared: the subjection of minorities, seniors, and…

— Marc Veasey

Liberals say this over and over and over again to hide the actual history, which is why I go through the specifics on the…

— Ann Coulter

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted…

— Aberjhani

It was the Democrats who were against civil rights legislation

— Allen West

“Just like in the old days before Roosevelt, segregationists were given the power to locally administer and racially discriminate the relief coming from these…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“Even with a Democratic president behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a far larger percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for it. Eminent…

— Ann Coulter

This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges…

— Stephanie Cutter

“Social security was the most emotional issue that session. Republicans protested that if the administration bill were passed, children would no longer support their…

— William R. Manchester

If you think, what was the last really big, big accomplishment for the nation that came purely out of the legislature? It might be…

— Tim Kaine