“All I did in Chicago was to exercise my legal right to speak on my own behalf and I was given four years in jail as a result. But I think the most serious injustice perpetrated by the court system in America is the inability of a black man to get a jury of his peers.” ThinkingMenYearsAmericaSpeakGivenBlackMy OwnResultsFourSeriousExerciseCourtInjusticeJailChicagoFour YearsPeersBehalfInabilityJuryCourt System Author:Bobby Seale
“I definitely think men can be leaders. I see an analogy in the case of what helped me think about racism, which was to find parallels with sexism. In other words, I don't think I was such a great ally until I got mad on my own behalf.” ThinkingMenMy OwnLeaderCasesRacismMadSexismAlliesBehalfParallelsAnalogies Author:Gloria Steinem
“I have known nothing the last thirty years save the struggle for human rights on this continent. If it had been a class of men whowere disfranchised and denied their legal rights, I believe I should have devoted my life precisely as I have done in behalf of my own sex.” IfsMenShouldYearsBelieveHumansDoneLastsI BelieveSexMy OwnKnownClassStruggleRightsShould HaveHuman RightsThirtyDeniedContinentsDevotedBehalfThirty YearsLegal Rights Author:Susan B. Anthony