Attorney general Quote by Roy Cooper

I'm a multi-racial person - I'm black and white - and growing up in North Carolina, I've dealt with a lot of racism. Growing…

— Jimmy Graham

I can tell you as a black person in South Carolina whose grandparents grew up through Jim Crow, when you lose the courts and…

— Jaime Harrison

On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my…

— Eric Holder

I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that…

— Eric Holder

Being attorney general has truly allowed me to be a voice for justice for the people of Illinois and oftentimes the country - and…

— Lisa Madigan

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

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

Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like…

— Arthur Ashe

Yet civil rights issues are very much on the front burner in South Carolina between the Black Lives Matter movement and police shootings.

— Ari Shapiro

Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me…

— Cybill Shepherd

“South Carolina has a much more enlightened attitude toward colored advancement than the rest of the south.”

— Colson Whitehead

When I think about our HBCUs, I think of icons like my mentor Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina State graduate, who fought against discrimination…

— Jaime Harrison