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What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement. ↗

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The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. ↗

— Charles Rangel

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At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the Civil Rights Movement. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

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I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Most people treat the news media like the exercise bike they have in their basement. They're glad it's there but they never use it. ↗

— Drew Curtis

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Time is money. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change. ↗

— Amy Goodman

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The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama. ↗