Bills Quote by Stokely Carmichael

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.

— Bernie Sanders

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

When our founding fathers drafted the Constitution and Bill of Rights, black people weren't even considered human.

— Claudette Colvin

So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's…

— Stokely Carmichael

Remember the vast majority of the Democrats as well as all the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Louisiana voted for my signature-piece…

— David Duke

The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes…

— Lyman Trumbull

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

— Derrick Bell

Civil rights for Blacks, and gay rights for gays are two different things.

— Vernon Jones

But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this…

— H. Rap Brown

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

— Ronald Reagan

When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.

— Constance Baker Motley

Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop…

— Rand Paul