“The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.” ThinkingFactsYoungBlackRightsGayGreenCivil RightsAfrican AmericanBrownPurpleObtaining Author:Octavia Spencer
“Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights - compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which they were bought and sold on the market.” YearsStillsWaitingRightsGenerationsAchieveEightAfrican AmericanCompensationRestitution Author:Cynthia McKinney
“I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness.” ThinkingKindChanceTakenRightsMovementPureConnectionsSlaveryCivil RightsAfrican AmericanFormalCivil Rights Movement Author:Herbie Hancock
“The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the Republican Party. Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution.” FeelsMightPoliticalPartyRaceResponsibilityPrinciplesSupportTakenRightsGroupsColorCitizensRepublicanEqualTraditionAccountsConstitutionPopulationDiscriminationCivil RightsAfrican AmericanGuaranteesQuartersSuggestionsRepublican PartyMaintainingEqual RightsOathPolitical Rights Author:Calvin Coolidge
“I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?” WantSelfSupportRightsAfrican AmericanComedianParticipating Author:Dave Chappelle
“I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.” PeopleMayLongFightingCommunityRightsCivil RightsAfrican American Author:Bernie Sanders
“Up until, really, Roosevelt, African-Americans largely voted ninety per cent Republican. That was the political origins, that's what their political voice was in the Republican party. During that history, that last sixty or seventy years of history, the Republican party effectively walked away from the community. They were afraid to really embrace civil rights even though they embraced civil rights legislation. And so it's not enough to just to put it on paper, you gotta actually show up and be in the community, and understand what that struggle was really about.” YearsEnoughShowsLastsPoliticalVoiceCommunityPartyStruggleRightsRepublicanPaperEmbraceCivil RightsAfrican AmericanCentsSixtyLegislationRepublican PartySeventiesNinety Author:Michael Steele
“I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.” PeopleAcceptingRightsAcceptancePoliticianCallingCriticsAwfulAfrican AmericanCall MeFreedom Of Speech Author:Barack Obama
“The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.” PeopleNeedsStillsTogetherCultureCommunityRightsHappeningsAfrican AmericanTogether As One Author:Ziggy Marley
“I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans.” ThinkingDifferencesStruggleRightsGayProfoundCivil RightsAfrican American Author:Christopher Rice
“Everything African-Americans - every freedom they have obtained - came from Republicans, not Democrats. All the way back to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the Civil Rights movement. Civil Rights legislation was passed by a Republican Congress.” WayRightsMovementRepublicanDemocratCongressCivil RightsAfrican AmericanLegislationCivil Rights MovementEmancipationProclamationEmancipation Proclamation Author:Rafael Cruz
“There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends in the African-American community. They had right on their side. They conducted themselves in high standards, with courage and determination, and they were victorious. They overcame.” SidesCommunityWhiteRightsMovementStandardsDeterminationDeterminedNeighborResistanceCivil RightsAfrican AmericanCivil Rights MovementHigh StandardsCourage And DeterminationNeighbors And Friends Author:Jeff Sessions