“If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.” IfsHas BeensCountryRightsMovementRefuseCivil RightsParksBusHippieCivil Rights MovementNelsonRosaCivil Right Movement Author:Kinky Friedman
“I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism. It's so shortsighted. Most people are interested in their own personal comfort. I've said that about environmentalists. I think they care about bike paths and places to park their Volvos, not the planet as an abstraction.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHumansLittlesSaidCarePoliticalAttentionPathRightsPlanetsComfortPropertyActivismParksBikeAbstractionProperty RightsEnvironmentalistHuman NeedsPolitical ActivismVolvo Author:George Carlin
“We want to make certain that every American who stood in silent tribute to Rosa Parks hopes that the Sepreme Court Judge will break silence and speak out clearly for the civil rights that define our unity as a nation.” WantCertainSpeakNationsSilenceBreakRightsJudgingCourtUnitySilentCivil RightsParksTributeSpeaks OutRosaCourt Judges Author:Dick Durbin
“[Rosa Louise] Parks used to say, "Everybody looks at me because I sat down once in Montgomery, but the real hero is a woman named Septima Clark."She created the Citizenship Schools [where civil-rights activists taught basic literacy and political education classes].” LooksRealSchoolPoliticalUsedClassRightsTaughtHeroCivil RightsSatParksActivistCitizenshipLook At MeLiteracyRosaMontgomeryReal HeroesPolitical Education Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“Most students graduate from high school knowing nine words about the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and "I Have a Dream." And that's it!” DreamSchoolKnowingRightsMovementStudentsKingsHigh SchoolNineCivil RightsParksGraduatesLutherCivil Rights MovementRosaGraduating High School Author:Andrew Aydin