#civil right

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

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Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader. ↗

— Adam Lambert

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One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. ↗

— William P. Leahy

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Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. ↗

— John Legend

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Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. ↗

— Wesley Morris

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Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all. ↗

— Jason Mraz

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I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist. ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

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Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights. ↗

— Jack Kingston

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