Awareness Quote by John Hope Bryant

I think personally, I've always felt that the Association [NAACP] got itself hung-up in what I call its legal successes. Having had so many…

— Ella Baker

I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded…

— Tayari Jones

The civil rights movement is something I've looked into a lot. When I was about 23, I started reading up on it all and…

— Andre Gray

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

The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated into a…

— Thomas Sowell

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and,…

— Norman Granz

The argument of those who are being criticized at any time, the civil rights movement forward, the anti-war movement forward, is, it's always outside…

— Mark Shields

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights.…

— Pete Earley

Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to…

— Octavia Spencer

As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices.

— Isaac Hayes

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

One of the most important parts of the civil rights movement that people don't talk about was these mass meetings. It's like "Movement Church."…

— Stanley Nelson Jr