Civil rights Quote by Nina Simone

I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was doing a…

— George Takei

The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

— Adam Lambert

I was a child coming up in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement.

— Too Short

I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me.

— Maria Dahvana Headley

I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.

— George Takei

In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor!

— David Duke

When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.

— Bruce Hornsby

I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking.

— Amber Hollibaugh

I was never a protestor, don't get me wrong, I was never like a vocal... what was the line I used to repeat to…

— Joe Maddon

My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister.

— Yolanda King

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

— Pearl Cleage