American Quote by Lisa Murkowski Download Open image “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.” — Lisa Murkowski ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare American American history Democracy End History Jim crow Ugly Voting rights
It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
“A generation or so after slavery ended, segregationists enacted Jim Crow laws that made it impossible for most blacks to vote in the South.” — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced barriers to… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
I grew up hearing my parents' stories about how they had to fight for their right to vote in the Jim Crow South. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Jim Crow had unintended benefits. It forced blacks to build and rely on their own economic, educational and social systems. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Democrats and Republicans reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act unanimously in 2006. In two rulings since then, the Supreme Court has taken a sledgehammer… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
“The 1965 Voting Rights Act greatly extended federal power in the United States. A frankly regional measure, it took aim at Deep South states… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
During the Jim Crow era, we know that racially targeted and racially motivated voter suppression was often blatant. Legislators adapted overtly racist policies like… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
“Although it is common to think of Jim Crow as an explicitly race-based system, in fact a number of the key policies were officially colorblind. As previously noted, poll taxes, literacy tests, and felon disenfranchisement laws were all formally race-neutral practices that were employed in order to avoid the prohibition on race discrimination in voting contained in the Fifteenth Amendment.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all aspects of… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
For the rest of their lives, [black men] can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I've been working to make sure that we've got adequate transportation. I've been working to make sure that we can afford energy within our… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
What you get when you elect Lisa Murkowski is you get somebody who builds on that legacy that Ted Stevens built for our state… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
So much of what we do addresses the issues that are associated with climate change, whether it's working to reduce emissions, whether it's working… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them. — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together. — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
Any efforts or opportunity to expand the civil bonds and rights to anyone that wants to build a stable, happy household should be promoted. — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
Alaskans deserve a fighter in the United States Senate who will always stand up for Alaska, who understands our great potential, who has the… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
I think it's fair to say that women have a different level of intuitiveness that allows them to perhaps handle situations a little bit… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act in a tremendous investment to support millions of workers without a paycheck and behind on bills. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image