Accounting Quote by Michael Bloomberg

My father joined the NAACP when he was 12, in the '50s. He was part of the organizing efforts that led to some of…

— Boots Riley

There's a black lawyer in Galveston, Texas, who was the unpaid NAACP general counsel in Texas. He had a great record in housing discrimination,…

— Nat Hentoff

My father was at the forefront of the economic justice movement - fighting for and with Black women who were on welfare for dignity…

— Maya Wiley

If actual victims of discrimination had to wait on the NAACP to see them to justice, they would never get help.

— Dana Loesch

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

If the NAACP were to impose a control of something towards all, then I would staunchly oppose it.

— Noam Chomsky

The NAACP ignores the wellspring of racism from within its own ranks, daring to brand anyone who disagrees with the standard they bear for…

— Dana Loesch

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

One of the things I remember as a child: There was a man named Joe Pulliam. He was a great Christian man; but one…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Thomas Sowell, among many others, has articulated the power of individual responsibility as an antidote to black poverty for over 40 years. Black thinkers…

— Shelby Steele

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

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women.…

— John Lewis