“If I'm a racist, why is one of the top civil rights activists of the 1960s asking me to be a centerpiece of the MLK dinner. Why am I the only one who has the guts to stand up to this Democrat Media Complex that insists that black people must exist on the Democrat plantation.” PeopleIfsBlackRightsMediaAskingDemocratComplexesDinnerCivil RightsGutsRacistActivistBlack People1960sPlantationsCenterpieces Author:Andrew Breitbart
“My family was very engaged in the world around us. My father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister and an immigrant from Panama. He was deeply involved in civil rights causes, which scared my mother - she was also an immigrant, from Barbados, who had her hands full with six kids, and she worried that my father would get deported. But because of his passion for politics and civil rights, we paid close attention to current events. We would watch political conventions together - for fun!” WorldHandsKidsTogetherPoliticalMotherPassionFatherFunCausesAttentionWatchesRightsEventsInvolvedSixMy FamilyPaidScaredCurrentsCivil RightsWorriedMinistersEngagedImmigrantsConventionsMethodistsCurrent EventsBarbadosPanama Author:Gwen Ifill
“The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty by dealing with Southern senators, Southern congressmen, horse trading with them, cajoling them, learning what not to talk about. And he got civil rights passed and Great Society programs. That should be the model. Get over yourself.” ShouldHandsBlackPresidentRightsCenturyModelsProgramHorseCivil RightsDirtyOver YouSouthernSenatorsGet Over20th CenturyTradingJohnsonCongressmanGreat SocietyGet Over Yourself Author:Steve Inskeep
“I also think we need unconventional political action, and I increasingly think that there is a need for people of faith to be able to do the kind of things that people of faith did 40 years ago in the heat of the civil rights revolution. This is a moral issue of every bit as much importance requiring every bit as much sacrifice, courage, and energy as that crisis did.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsKindAbleActionPoliticalEnergyBitsMoralIssuesRightsSacrificeRevolutionYears AgoImportanceCrisisCivil RightsHeatUnconventionalMoral IssuesPolitical Action Author:Bill McKibben
“I've been there for so many crossroads in American history. My whole political life spans the birth of the environmental movement, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, putting an end to unjust wars, and so and so.” WarEndsWholePoliticalRightsMovementBirthEnvironmentalCivil RightsAmerican HistoryUnjustCivil Rights MovementCrossroadsPolitical LifeLife SpanUnjust War Author:Barbara Boxer
“I sound like a church nut, but look at the role of the churches in the civil rights movement in the States. People are brought together in other ways that can become drivers of change.” PeopleWayLooksStatesTogetherSoundChurchRolesRightsMovementCivil RightsDriversNutsCivil Rights Movement Author:Duncan Green
“Missing from the national conversation are voices of pro-immigration reformers and civil rights leaders, who can speak on behalf of those who have no voice.” SpeakVoiceLeaderRightsMissingConversationImmigrationCivil RightsBehalfReformersCivil Rights Leaders Author:Andrew Lam
“What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named Alfred Balk had approached the F.B.I. regarding an article that he and Haley were writing together for The Saturday Evening Post, and the F.B.I. had an interest in castigating the Nation of Islam, and isolating it from the mainstream of Negro civil rights activity.” KnowsWritingTogetherNationsInterestRightsActivityFellowsIslamCivil RightsEveningPostsJournalistArticlesMainstreamSaturdayAlexCollaboratorsHaleyNation Of IslamSaturday Evening Author:Manning Marable
“Just as the white man and every other person on this earth has God-given rights, natural rights, civil rights, any kind of rights that you can think of, when it comes to defending himself, black people - we should have the right to defend ourselves also.” PeopleThinkingMenShouldKindPersonsEarthGivenBlackNaturalWhiteRightsShould HaveCivil RightsBlack PeopleWhite ManNatural Rights Author:Malcolm X
“Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law.” LawRightsCivil RightsAdministrationPursuedViolationAbove The Law Author:Donald Trump
“We must protect the civil rights of American citizens - African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and all Americans - by ensuring that their jobs, wages, and well-being come first.” FirstsWellsJobsRightsCitizensProtectCivil RightsAfrican AmericanWell BeingWagesAmerican CitizensHispanic Author:Donald Trump
“We probably have, right now, after the Civil Rights movement - and this was very unfortunate - the most glaring time of giving up on Africa, saying we're Americans. We are Americans. I'm not arguing that point. So are the Italians. So are the Germans. So are the Jews. We're Americans with an historical geography of origins outside of the United States as all people, maybe except the indigenous Americans who came here so long ago, who have generations of people whose historical origins are right here but whose initial historical origins are somewhere in Asia.” PeopleGivingLongStatesUnitedUnited StatesRightsGenerationsMovementRight NowGiving UpHistoricalJewArguingCivil RightsLong AgoUnfortunateAsiaInitialsIndigenousGeographyCivil Rights Movement Author:John Henrik Clarke
“I'm one of the people who believes that our losses were greater than our gains. Because before the Civil Rights movement we had entrepreneurship in the black community. Right now, in Harlem, if I wanted to get a shoe repaired, I would have a hard time finding a black shoe repairman. On near about every third corner, you could find a decent black barber, decent black laundry, had restaurants in the neighborhood that were open 24 hours. The food was good at 3 o'clock in the morning as at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.” PeopleIfsBelieveHardWantedBlackCommunityHoursLossMorningGreaterRightsMovementRight NowFindingsGainsThirdsShoesCornersCivil RightsEntrepreneurshipClockDecentRestaurantsHard TimesNeighborhoodAfternoonCivil Rights MovementLaundryHarlemBlack CommunityBarbers Author:John Henrik Clarke
“When I began writing poems, it was in the late 60s and early 70s when the literary and cultural atmosphere was very much affected by what was going on in the world, which was, in succession, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, and the women's movement in the 60s, 70s, and into the early 80s. And all of those things affected me and affected my thinking, particularly the Vietnam War.” ThinkingWorldWritingWarRightsMovementLateCivil RightsAtmosphereAffectedVietnamAntiwar80sVietnam WarSuccessionCivil Rights MovementWriting Poems Author:Robert Hass
“Liberalism isn't quite as liberal as it pretends to be. And it goes through my adventures with the FBI during the anti-war period and the civil rights period.” WarRightsAdventurePeriodsCivil RightsLiberalismAnti WarFbi Author:Nat Hentoff
“In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist.” RightsMovementKingsCivil RightsRadicalLutherCivil Rights MovementPacifist Author:Nat Hentoff
“[A.J. Muste] was very influenced - in - influential in the peace movement, in the civil rights movement.” RightsMovementCivil RightsInfluentialCivil Rights Movement Author:Nat Hentoff
“All of the civil rights problems during the past years have created a situation where America right now is moving toward a police state. You can't have anything otherwise. So that's your supposition.” YearsStatesProblemAmericaPastMovingSituationRightsRight NowPoliceCivil RightsPolice StateSupposition Author:Malcolm X
“I think that for many of us, the years of the Civil Rights movements - Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy running for president in 1968 to end the war and so forth - these were defining moment in terms of trying to hold government accountable and have a level of responsibility and truth-telling.” ThinkingTryingYearsWarEndsMomentsGovernmentRunningPresidentTermLevelsResponsibilityRightsMovementKingsCivil RightsTelling The TruthDefiningLutherCivil Rights MovementDefining MomentsBobby Kennedy Author:John F. Kerry
“You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities.” CitiesRightsLosingCivil Rights Author:David Remnick
“[Democrats] are not handling the John Lewis flap the right way, clearly. John Lewis is a hero and a civil rights hero.” WayRightsHeroDemocratCivil RightsRight Way Author:Jason Chaffetz
“Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of black boys being suspended at substantially higher rates than white boys for the same behavior, in the absence of that kind of rigorous enforcement of the nondiscrimination principle, then the long-standing biases that I believe have weakened, but are still clearly present in our society, assert themselves in ways that usually disadvantage African Americans.” WayBelieveKindLongStillsI BelieveBlackJusticeWhiteBoysPrinciplesRightsHigherBehaviorEvidenceStandingRateAbsenceCivil RightsAfrican AmericanDepartmentOur SocietyDivisionEnforcementDisadvantagesSuspendedBlack Boy Author:Barack Obama
“How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and is more and more difficult to check?” GovernmentDifficultDemocracyRightsTraditionChecksCivil RightsPreservesExpandingLiberal Democracy Author:Edward Snowden
“I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has had on our African-American brothers and sisters. I have witnessed it.” RightsBrotherImpactDiscriminationCivil RightsAfrican AmericanDenialVotingBrothers And SistersRelentlessRight To Vote Author:Jeff Sessions
“To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of the counts thrown out, where you had 27 counts where it took the jury less than four hours to find them not guilty - that speaks to fact that here we have three civil-rights activists, acquitted. What we have here is a prosecution that was baseless, a prosecution that chilled African Americans right to vote.” PeopleMadeFactsThreeSpeakBlackHoursHalfFourRightsVoteCivil RightsGuiltyAfrican AmericanThrownActivistBlack PeopleUnfairJuryRight To VoteSelectiveProsecutionNot GuiltyAllegationsChilled Author:Cornell William Brooks
“I've supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness for all.” StatesDoneJobsRightsIntegrityActivityCivil RightsFairness Author:Jeff Sessions
“John Lewis has great history as a civil rights fighter.As a young man, he was one of the guys out there who was leading the parades during the [Martin Luther] King [Jr.] era. So, we all respect his history. But then I hear him crying the blues about Mr. [Donald] Trump and saying he's an illegitimate president, I take offense to that. If it's illegitimate, why is he going on?” IfsMenYoungGuyPresidentRightsCryTrumpKingsCivil RightsFighterErasYoung ManOffenseLutherParadesGreat History Author:Jim Brown
“The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues that were happening in places like Detroit, where there was a deep process of deindustrialization going on.” PoliticalProcessDealsCitiesIssuesRightsMovementHappeningsCivil RightsCivil Rights MovementDetroitDisenfranchisement Author:Danny Glover
“It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement.” BelieveRightsMovementResistanceCivil RightsCivil Rights MovementMisconception Author:Danny Glover
“The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.” WholeProcessBlackRightsMovementSeparationCivil RightsCivil Rights MovementContinuationDemocratizationBlack Power Author:Danny Glover
“President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement.” MenCertainPresidentRightsMovementAdvantageCivil RightsBarackCivil Rights MovementPresident Barack Obama Author:Danny Glover
“There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New Orleans, or something like Soundtrack for a Revolution, about the power of the music of the civil rights movement [which he executive produced in 2009]. Or Bamako, about the African debt crisis, a platform to discuss the experience of people who actually live it. All of these are important ways we can use film as a forum inviting people into a dialogue.” PeopleWayImportantUseFilmWaterRightsTroubleMovementRevolutionCrisisExcitedDebtDialogueCivil RightsExecutivesPlatformsDocumentariesNew OrleansCivil Rights MovementInvitingSoundtracksForumsDebt Crisis Author:Danny Glover
“A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.” SaidWarPresidentRightsTrumpDemocraticCivil RightsIconsCongressman Author:Al Sharpton
“When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.” ShouldBelieveKindStatesGovernmentCommunityRecordsRightsConcernRaisedLocalsCivil RightsVotingRhetoricInterfereSenatorsFederal GovernmentSessionRight To VoteNominationsStates Rights Author:Al Sharpton
“I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of the very recognizable vocal things that she does, which are great. But I wanted to, with this project, start the conversation again about her as a radical feminist, as a civil rights activist - taking a stance. And also just [her] being a non-conformist.” PeopleWayFeelsDoeStillsWantedArtistVoiceFocusRightsConversationProjectsFeministCivil RightsRadicalHolidayActivistAppreciatedVocalStanceConformistRadical FeministNon Conformist Author:Jose James
“Where was the libertarian right during the great struggles for individual liberty in America in the last half-century? The libertarian movement has been conspicuously absent from the campaigns for civil rights for nonwhites, women, gays and lesbians.” Has BeensLastsAmericaIndividualHalfLibertyStruggleRightsCenturyMovementGayLibertarianCampaignsCivil RightsAbsentIndividual Liberty Author:Michael Lind
“Civil libertarian activists are found overwhelmingly on the left. Their right-wing brethren have been concerned with issues more important than civil rights, voting rights, abuses by police and the military, and the subordination of politics to religion - issues like the campaign to expand human freedom by turning highways over to toll-extracting private corporations and the crusade to funnel money from Social Security to Wall Street brokerage firms.” HumansHas BeensImportantFoundLeftSocialIssuesRightsStreetsSecurityMilitaryWallConcernedAbusePoliceWingsLibertarianCampaignsCivil RightsFirmCorporationsVotingActivistSocial SecurityHighwaysRight WingBrethrenTollsRight To VoteCrusadesHuman FreedomSubordination Author:Michael Lind
“To have a show have lawyers fighting civil rights cases week in and week out, I think it's exactly what we need.” ThinkingNeedsShowsFightingCasesRightsWeekLawyerCivil Rights Author:Danny Strong
“The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get!” DreamEarthFightingEnjoyPartyRightsPlanetsProtectEqualShotsFairsDemocraticCivil RightsAmerican DreamFairnessDemocratic PartyPlanet Earth Author:John Hickenlooper
“Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many people - for them, life starts with a good job.” PeopleJobsJusticeFocusRightsEnvironmentalCivil RightsGood JobBannerEnvironmental Justice Author:John Hickenlooper
“I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.” PeopleFeelsCountryFatherSocialCommunityJusticeSpaceEconomyRightsGenerationsInvolvedSocial JusticeInspiredCivil RightsLegacyTransformedGet InvolvedPublic ServicePeace Corps Author:Caroline Kennedy
“I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren.” PeopleThinkingChildrenAmericaFatherJusticeRightsGenerationsEqualInspiredCivil RightsLegacyTransformedWomens RightsGrandchildrenChildren And GrandchildrenEqual Justice Author:Caroline Kennedy
“This [EURO] was never a hate group, the European American Unity and Rights Organization was an organization in its charter is dedicated to true civil rights and stopping discrimination against people, that the best qualified people should be engaged and that every people have the right to preserve their heritage, their freedom and their values.” PeopleShouldValuesHateRightsGroupsOrganizationUnityDiscriminationCivil RightsPreservesEngagedHeritageDedicatedStoppingQualifiedEuroCharterHate Groups Author:David Duke
“In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor!” FactsRightsMovementCivil RightsGovernorsIconsCivil Rights Movement Author:David Duke
“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 of legislation in the house which was a bill, actually a bill for true civil rights. That there must be no discrimination against anyone on the basis of race in affirmative-action.” WellsActionRememberHouseRacePiecesRightsRepublicanBasesBillsMajorityDemocratDiscriminationCivil RightsRepresentativesLegislationSignaturesLouisianaAffirmative ActionAffirmativeHouse Of Representatives Author:David Duke
“The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists demanding that their voices be heard. People say these are red states. No they're not!” PeopleStatesStrongBlackVoiceRightsHeardMovementRedTraditionSouthActivismCivil RightsActivistVery StrongCivil Rights Movement Author:John Darnielle
“He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights... it had to be some silly little Communist.” LittlesRightsSatisfactionSillyCivil RightsCommunistSilly Little Author:Jackie Kennedy
“If we get setbacks and if something happens where the Civil Rights Bill is watered down, for instance, if the Negro feels that he can do nothing but move from one ghetto to another and one slum to another, the despair and the disappointment will be so great that it will be very difficult to keep the struggle disciplined and nonviolent.” IfsFeelsHappensMovingDifficultCan DoStruggleRightsDespairBillsDisappointmentThings HappenCivil RightsInstanceSetbackGhettoSlums Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There are already people en route to join this peaceful, prayerful, nonviolent exercise of our human, treaty, constitutional and civil rights, which are at stake, which are constantly being encroached upon by what seems to be [Donald] Trump tyranny.” PeopleHumansSeemsRightsTrumpExerciseTyrannyCivil RightsPeacefulStakesRoutesTreatiesPrayerful Author:Chase Iron Eyes
“Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.” BehindsRightsMovementCivil RightsParksBusStrategicCivil Rights MovementRosa Author:Aisha Hinds