“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
“Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society.” MenPassionInterestPleasureRightsSacrificeReadyPrideConnectionsCompetition Book:Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren ... 1743-1814 Source: Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren ... 1743-1814
“I expect to see the day when the Elders of Israel will protect and sustain civil and religious liberty and every Constitutional right bequeathed to us by our fathers, and spread these rights abroad in connection with the Gospel for the salvation of all nations. I shall see this whether I live or die.” DiesFatherNationsReligiousLibertyRightsProtectConnectionsSalvationIsraelSpreadEldersOur FatherReligious Liberty Author:Brigham Young
“The connection between toxicity and cancer and safe air and water and food, all of that was important all along, as were women's and human rights issues, but the nuke issue and the safe energy movement became really important to me in the mid-'70s.” HumansImportantEnergyWaterIssuesRightsAirMovementSafeConnectionsHuman RightsCancerToxicityAir And WaterNukes Author:Bonnie Raitt