“My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.” MotherFatherParentRightsMovementStudentsWorkersActiveCivil RightsSecretaryCommitteesCivil Rights MovementPanthersCoordinatingSncc Author:Yaya DaCosta
“Gay marriage will be universally accepted in time. But if I may be so bold as to say to gays and lesbians, don't wait for that time to arrive. Just as my father and his generation did not 'wait' for their civil rights, nor should you. The toothpaste ain't going back in the tube. The tide has turned.” IfsShouldMayFatherWaitingRightsGenerationsGayAcceptedCivil RightsTidesGay MarriageTubesToothpaste Author:John Ridley