Civil rights Quote by Janis Ian

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a…

— Yaya DaCosta

My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.

— Kamala Harris

In college, I was so blessed to have relationships with those who did the civil rights movement.

— Michael Tubbs

My grandmother had been a part of the civil rights movement.

— Killer Mike

I was a child coming up in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement.

— Too Short

My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what…

— Tina Yothers

My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.

— Daniel Bruhl

My parents gave us a strong sense of civic responsibility.

— Gladys Berejiklian

With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally.

— Alexander Chee

Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do.

— Simon Van Booy

[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went…

— Jill Stein

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was…

— Bill Gates