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Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.

~Ahmet Ertegun

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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.

~Al Franken

Topics: Age Boy Came Cause Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Climate Heated House Important Movement Political Rights Rights Movement Then Two Very Vietnam Were I Came

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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

~Al Franken

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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.

~Al Franken

Topics: Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Got Interested Movement Politics Rights Rights Movement Then Vietnam

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Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.

~Al Gore

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I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'

~Al Gore

Topics: Another Anymore Boy Civil Civil Rights Conversation Friends Go Hey Joke Made Man Remember Rights Said South Time Won I Remember

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When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Battles Behind Civil Civil Rights Discuss Easily Era Fought Great Immense Movements None Often People Place Put Rights Romantic Sacrifice Speak Sustained Terms Them Those Took Were Won Work 1960S

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In 1999, I was in St. Louis with Martin Luther King III as we led protests against the state's failure to hire minority contractors for highway construction projects. We went at dawn on a summer day with over a thousand people and performed acts of civil disobedience.

~Al Sharpton

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The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community. We are proud that he has been the best Attorney General on Civil Rights in U.S. history and disappointed because he leaves at a critical time when we need his continued diligence most.

~Al Sharpton

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Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies.

~Al Sharpton

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