Ballots Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If…

— Frederick Douglass

Let the Negro march. Let him make pilgrimages to city hall. Let him go on freedom rides. And above all, make an effort to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I'm showing the people that a Negro can run for office.

— Fannie Lou Hamer

We must control the politics and the politicians of our community. They must no longer take orders from outside forces. We will organize, and…

— Malcolm X

I must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to others what has been done to them. . . . I know…

— James A. Baldwin

The Black Lives Matter National Network and the movement at large are sophisticated. We're not easily won over by talking points and campaign trail…

— Patrisse Cullors

At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.

— Carter G. Woodson

“Martin Luther King Jr. was the greatest movement leader in American history. But, as Hillary Clinton once correctly pointed out, his efforts would have…

— Mark Lilla

If the black vote does not come out in big numbers in the age of Ferguson and voter ID, it will empower our adversaries…

— Al Sharpton

I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the…

— Susan B. Anthony

The establishment wonders why we can't get more of the black vote. It's because it's not doing the things necessary to establish a deeper…

— J. C. Watts

I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.

— Martin Luther King, Jr