“We hear from time to time about horrible human rights atrocities happening around the globe. Our government claims that it stands in favor of human rights, and our leaders are in the news demanding consequences for other countries that are abusing their populations. But there is a huge denial about how widespread and common these kinds of atrocities are in the United States, and that we are not nearly as different from other countries as we would like to believe we are.” BelieveHumansKindChildrenDifferentCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedCommonLeaderUnited StatesRightsHugeNewsHappeningsConsequenceClaimsHuman RightsPopulationFavorsHorribleDenialOther CountriesGlobesAtrocities Author:Lundy Bancroft
“Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!” IfsSpeakTakenRightsHappeningsCivil RightsOur FamilyFamily And Friends Author:Cyndi Lauper
“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. So you have this response of angry young people, with a war going on in Vietnam, a poverty program that was insufficient, and police brutality. All these things gave rise to the black power movement. The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.” PeopleWarWholeYoungPoliticalProcessBlackDealsCitiesPovertyIssuesRightsMovementHappeningsProgramPoliceAngryResponseSeparationCivil RightsVietnamPolice BrutalityBrutalityCivil Rights MovementDetroitInsufficientContinuumDemocratizationBlack PowerDisenfranchisement Author:Danny Glover
“It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .” HumansBigsViewsLeaderDemocracyRightsHappeningsSilentHuman RightsEmbarrassmentHypocriticalZimbabweDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Raila Odinga
“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 cannot find words to express the depth of my loss or outrage about what's happening to this country. I don't know if I can find the words for it, but if this country ever recovers, it will not be in my lifetime. If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsI CanCountryWould BePresidentLossRightsHappeningsBillsLifetimeDepthDepartmentOutrageBill Of RightsRestoring Author:Sara Paretsky
“When ISIS last year called for the destruction of the Yazidi people, President Obama said that would constitute genocide and he ordered U.S. forces to keep it from happening. Human rights advocates say Christians now face a similar threat Nina Shea directs the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute.” PeopleYearsHumansSaidChristianLastsFacesForcePresidentReligiousRightsHappeningsDestructionThreatHuman RightsGenocidePresident ObamaLast YearIsisInstituteReligious FreedomNina Author:Tom Gjelten