Civil rights Quote by Justin Sane

My parents were activists and my mother was hugely involved with the anti-Vietnam War protests.

— Rosanna Arquette

My parents were active in the anti-war movement in the 1960s, so I grew up with a tradition of civic activism around our dinner…

— Jared Polis

My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color…

— Anna Holmes

In 1963, my parents took over a camp business from my grandparents. They turned it into a liberal, progressive, a co-educational, interracial camp for…

— Nina Tassler

I'm a child of the '60s, I came of age then. I went to a couple of demonstrations, and then in the late '60s…

— Simi Linton

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 mom is a nurse; my dad is a pediatrician. They were born in the 1940s, and they were both inspired to fight against…

— Jake Tapper

I got involved in the political arena in college, protesting the Vietnam War, and became friends with some of the activists at the University…

— Mazie Hirono

My father, Melvin van Peebles, and my mother were both very active politically when I was a kid. The first time I was allowed…

— Mario Van Peebles

I was very much a child of the 1960s. I protested the Vietnam War and grew up in a fairly politicized home. My father…

— Marianne Williamson

When I was growing up in California, being vegetarians differentiated my mother and me from normal, held us away from the masses.

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs

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