Accustomed Quote by Octavia Spencer

It's important for youth, black youths particularly, to be able to fill in the blanks of themselves so they can know completely who they…

— Forest Whitaker

We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader…

— Mary Travers

“The civil rights generation is exiting the American stage—not in a haze of nostalgia but in a cloud of gloom, troubled by the persistence…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them…

— Claire McCaskill

The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash point for…

— Reginald Hudlin

Young people, throughout history, have always been the lifeblood of every movement for civil and human rights.

— Shaun King

The civil rights movement is something I've looked into a lot. When I was about 23, I started reading up on it all and…

— Andre Gray

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to…

— Gloria Allred

I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think that there…

— Barack Obama

The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of…

— John Lewis

The civil-rights movement was completely impossible to achieve. But look at what ordinary people were able to do because they were willing to sacrifice…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and,…

— Norman Granz