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American Civil Rights Movement Quotes

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community Picture Quote #1

In the 60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn’t just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time Picture Quote #1

Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those things were very, very front-burner in my childhood, as were the ideas of working for peace and if you have more than you need, then you share it with people who don’t Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn’t raised within the Christian church; I wasn’t raised within any church Picture Quote #1

The slogan of the American Civil Rights Movement was We shall overcome! Donald Trump’s new campaign slogan is We shall overcomb! Picture Quote #1

You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil rights movement. Once you convince Americans that something is basically unfair, you’ve got a winning cause Picture Quote #1

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Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights Movement and then Watergate, animated by Sam Ervin’s mantra that no person is above the law Picture Quote #1

The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey Picture Quote #1

Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He was drenched in a sense of shame about his being featured as the preeminent leader of African-American culture and the civil rights movement Picture Quote #1

In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was able to visit with several of the leading Gandhians there. The hundred-to-one difference in average per capita income between America and India at the time was a stark reality for the people who became my friends there Picture Quote #1

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We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) In the 60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn’t just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those things were very, very front-burner in my childhood, as were the ideas of working for peace and if you have more than you need, then you share it with people who don’t (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn’t raised within the Christian church; I wasn’t raised within any church. (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) The slogan of the American Civil Rights Movement was We shall overcome! Donald Trump’s new campaign slogan is We shall overcomb! (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil rights movement. Once you convince Americans that something is basically unfair, you’ve got a winning cause. (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights Movement and then Watergate, animated by Sam Ervin’s mantra that no person is above the law. (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey. (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He was drenched in a sense of shame about his being featured as the preeminent leader of African-American culture and the civil rights movement. (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes) In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was able to visit with several of the leading Gandhians there. The hundred-to-one difference in average per capita income between America and India at the time was a stark reality for the people who became my friends there. (American Civil Rights Movement Quotes)