Civil Rights Quotes

We can’t answer King’s assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.

People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform the world.

I recall Ghandi said ultimately all things devolve into the political, but I'd argue that all things devolve into pro-people and anti-people. And I can pose the question, which side are you on?

There is more than one way to be Kluxed, and we need to think about ourselves and the kind of people we elect into public office.

The bed sheet brigade is bad enough, but the real threat to Americans and human rights today is the plain clothes Klux in the halls of government and certain black-robed Klux on court benches.

There are all kinds of ways to be in the world. And no matter what has happened to us, or what we have been told, or what we have believed, we get to choose our way.

There will always be people afraid of the monsters in the night. They are usually the ones that look for them because they have proven they exist in themselves.

Libraries are about books. Books have no color. And they don't care who reads them.

Sit on the truth too long and you mash the life right out of it.

I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything.

For the rest of the afternoon, Miss Bloom smiled almost as bright as the big yellow sun shining through the front picture window. Her library was filled up with people who loved books.

I guess it's the curse of our generation, having to put aside our lives to do the right thing.