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My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as…

— Janis Ian

My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.

— Kamala Harris

My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color…

— Anna Holmes

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

— Too Short

My grandmother had been a part of the civil rights movement.

— Killer Mike

In college, I was so blessed to have relationships with those who did the civil rights movement.

— Michael Tubbs

I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three…

— Ira Sachs

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

My parents were activists and my mother was hugely involved with the anti-Vietnam War protests.

— Rosanna Arquette

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

I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

— Danny Glover

Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

— Danny Glover