He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29
I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.
After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted the civil rights and liberties of blacks. Central to the enforcement of these laws were the stiff penalties for ...
My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw another woman sitting over in a wing chair, a pleasantly attractive lady wearing the tasteful clothes of a senior redactrice, or senior civil servant, the stylish black skirt, the dark stockings, the black pumps, ...
What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement.
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.
I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.
The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. We fight for justice because justice is the fundamental bedrock of civilization: an u...
Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I've had, are sort of insulted that the civil rights movement is being hijacked - the rhetoric of the civil rights movement is being hijacked for something lik...
The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement.
For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.
I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.
The Stonewall riot may have been the start of a civil rights movement, but it was not the beginning of our history.
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
