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Segregation Quotes

We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote Picture Quote #1

Remember, we really grew up separately; our life experience was very different because of segregation. So I think comedy is a good space to work those things out and educate everyone about the different experiences and different race groups in South Africa Picture Quote #1

Death at an Early Age’ was about racial segregation in Boston. ‘Illiterate America’ was about grownups who can’t read. ‘Rachel and Her Children’ was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan Picture Quote #1

Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this principle is an effort to reduce society to its lowest common denominator Picture Quote #1

I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell’s biography - there’s an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That’s not how it happened Picture Quote #1

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women’s rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two Picture Quote #1

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The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation Picture Quote #1

We’ve gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we’ve all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately it’s been a bloody, trying, wasteful, but eventually positive struggle Picture Quote #1

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the problem is insufficient knowledge. We lack the theological will to do it Picture Quote #1

There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few Picture Quote #1

Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it Picture Quote #1

My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise Picture Quote #1

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Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral Picture Quote #1

Segregation is on its deathbed - the question now is, how costly will the segregationists make the funeral? Picture Quote #1

Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen Picture Quote #1

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote Picture Quote #1

Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature Picture Quote #1

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can’t ever start a work of art Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t actually realise what apartheid meant. I’m probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses Picture Quote #1

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can’t believe how much it’s a part of your thinking Picture Quote #1

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution Picture Quote #1

While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that’s not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should Picture Quote #1

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people Picture Quote #1

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians Picture Quote #1

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We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals Picture Quote #1

To give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization.g. to apportion farm lands and homesteads for these segregated persons where they would be taught to work under competent instructors for the period of their entire lives Picture Quote #1

We must realize that violence is not confined to physical violence. Fear is violence, caste discrimination is violence, exploitation of others, however subtle, is violence, segregation is violence, thinking ill of others and condemning others are violence. In order to reduce individual acts of physical violence, we must work to eliminate violence at all levels, mental, verbal, personal, and social, including violence to animals, plants, and all other forms of life Picture Quote #1

In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who the leaders were Picture Quote #1

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it Picture Quote #1

I’ve always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don’t believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation Picture Quote #1

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We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote. (Segregation Quotes) Remember, we really grew up separately; our life experience was very different because of segregation. So I think comedy is a good space to work those things out and educate everyone about the different experiences and different race groups in South Africa. (Segregation Quotes) Death at an Early Age’ was about racial segregation in Boston. ‘Illiterate America’ was about grownups who can’t read. ‘Rachel and Her Children’ was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan. (Segregation Quotes) Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this principle is an effort to reduce society to its lowest common denominator. (Segregation Quotes) I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell’s biography - there’s an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That’s not how it happened. (Segregation Quotes) It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women’s rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two. (Segregation Quotes) The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation. (Segregation Quotes) We’ve gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we’ve all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately it’s been a bloody, trying, wasteful, but eventually positive struggle. (Segregation Quotes) We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the problem is insufficient knowledge. We lack the theological will to do it. (Segregation Quotes) There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few (Segregation Quotes) Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it (Segregation Quotes) My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise (Segregation Quotes) Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral (Segregation Quotes) Segregation is on its deathbed - the question now is, how costly will the segregationists make the funeral? (Segregation Quotes) Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen (Segregation Quotes) Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote (Segregation Quotes) Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature (Segregation Quotes) When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can’t ever start a work of art (Segregation Quotes) I didn’t actually realise what apartheid meant. I’m probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses (Segregation Quotes) When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can’t believe how much it’s a part of your thinking (Segregation Quotes) The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution (Segregation Quotes) While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that’s not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should (Segregation Quotes) Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people (Segregation Quotes) The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians (Segregation Quotes) We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals (Segregation Quotes) To give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization.g. to apportion farm lands and homesteads for these segregated persons where they would be taught to work under competent instructors for the period of their entire lives (Segregation Quotes) We must realize that violence is not confined to physical violence. Fear is violence, caste discrimination is violence, exploitation of others, however subtle, is violence, segregation is violence, thinking ill of others and condemning others are violence. In order to reduce individual acts of physical violence, we must work to eliminate violence at all levels, mental, verbal, personal, and social, including violence to animals, plants, and all other forms of life (Segregation Quotes) In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who the leaders were (Segregation Quotes) When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it (Segregation Quotes) I’ve always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don’t believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation (Segregation Quotes)

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