“We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the fulfillment of Dr. [Martin Luther] King's dream, but it was a major down payment.” ImportantMomentsStoriesDreamRightsMovementKingsMajorsCivil RightsBarackFulfillmentMarchDrsLutherPaymentCivil Rights MovementInaugurationDr Martin Luther KingImportant Moments Author:Andrew Aydin
“Part of the reason I had such a drive to be an activist, and support other activists, is because I was raised Quaker and my parents kept us very much informed and involved as kids in civil rights and the conservation movement.” ReasonKidsParentSupportRightsMovementInvolvedRaisedCivil RightsActivistConservationQuaker Author:Bonnie Raitt
“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