[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fi
If not us, then who?If not now, then when?
Self defense is the inherent right of an individual to repel any unwarranted attack. Governments are not individuals and should not have the power to restrict or invalidate a person's ability to defen...
A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the street for peaceful purposes. Or, more simply, demonstrating the c...
I am groping about through this American forest of prejudice and proscription, determined to find some form of civilization where all men will be accepted for what they are worth.
Love is a better way.
May I say just a word to those of you who are struggling against this evil. Always be sure that you struggle with Christian methods and Christian weapons. Never succumb to the temptation of becoming b...
I didn`t change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me.
If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.
Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.
You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people.
Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your su...
I'm hurting because the color of my skin makes me perfect for their target practice.
However much history may be invoked in support of these policies (affirmative action), policy can apply to history but can only apply to the present or the future. The past may be many things, but it...
Non Violence and Religion: Both designed to keep the oppressed from murdering their oppressors.
every time this happensI see my fathermy brothermy would be sonI see myselfstop killing us
Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people....
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about.
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.
Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.