Segregation Quotes

I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live there.

In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

In its heart, America knew that racial segregation was wrong. In its heart, America knows that human life begins before birth.

I grew up in the South. I grew up in the days of legalized segregation. And, so, whether you called it legal racial segregation or you called it apartheid, it was the same injustice.

My beliefs are now one hundred percent against racism and segregation in any form and I also believe that we don't judge a person by the color of his skin but rather by his deeds.

A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a different path to eternity, there would be no human who should offer worship.

I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don’t hide within it.

Segregation has no place in the education system.

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?

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.

Why was there not massive civil disobedience against this anti-Christian discrimination, as there was against segregation?

My uncertainty disappeared. Segregation is evil, and I cannot, as a minister, condone evil.

I concede that segregation can allay social tensions immediately, but it further debilitates us in the long run.

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in the U.S. Navy at the time he issued the order.

Even after the child, the life of the black child was saved, but that same white man will have to toss him right back into the discriminate, into discrimination, segregation, and these other things.

Chicago has very few public spaces where people are encouraged to get together. It's partly to prevent riots, and also to segregate a city with a history of racial segregation.

The policies enacted during segregation are still being felt in Birmingham.

Back when they supported segregation, Lott and Thurmond were Democrats.

There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?

There is no scriptural basis for segregation. The ground at the foot of the cross is level, and it touches my heart when I see whites standing shoulder to shoulder with blacks at the cross.

I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones; and most of all I detest the segregation or separation of Language and Literature. I do not care which of them you think White.

L.A is a huge place, literally and metaphorically. Its beauty and horror. Its unconventional history. Its draw and allure. Its diversity and segregation.

I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God.

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

No wonder the regulators decided on segregation of boys and girls: Otherwise, it would have been a nightmare, this feeling angry and self-conscious and confused and annoyed all the time.

I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation.

Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

The Republican Party, in many ways, grew up as a reaction to that [ segregation], and a lot of people have misunderstood that.

[O]ur revolt was as much against the traditional black leadership structure as it was against segregation and discrimination.

Racism is a disease of white people

How beautiful it is to live in a world with no walls.

We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.

Our teens are embedded in a culture driven by competition and perfectionism, where success is defined by status, performance and their appearance.

People believe what they want to believe. Even if it isn’t true.

Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

Becoming conscious of racism does not mean you are a racist.

Perhaps I can't escape the image that others have created for me, but if I don't try, I will never know if I can or not.

I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice.

Segregation is a word of the past. Unity is the key to a peaceful future.

Ignoring the evils of our history will only cause them to reoccur.

So you’re the infamous Manal al-Sharif, ” he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. “Aren’t you ashamed of what you did?”“Is driving a car something shameful?” I answered back.

To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things.