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The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.

~Aberjhani

Topics: Act Acted America Better Better Tomorrow Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Act Had Hope Learned Passage Past Precisely Rights Secure Tomorrow

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.

~Aberjhani

Topics: Act Also Aspect Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Act Daily Daily Life Democratic Democratic Society Every Foundation Free Laid Life Nearly Other Rights Society Voting Voting Rights Would-Be

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During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas.

~Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Topics: Afraid Aunt Black Breasts Children Civil Civil Rights Eat Frightened Human Human Rights Instead Liberals Like Meat Milk Past Rights Strong Sucked Toms Uncle Were White Years

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Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Against Age Civil Civil Rights Compared Discrimination Illegal Issue Minorities Racial Rights Second-Class Women

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It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out in the post-Civil War amendments.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: About Amendment Assignment Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Civil War Congress Got Laid Movement Out Rights Rights Movement Serious Until War 1950S

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The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: American Authority Civil Civil Rights Movements Question Rights Taught

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

~Adam Lambert

Topics: Civil Civil Rights Leader Rights Singer Trying

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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

Topics: About Came Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Influenced Lyrics Movement Music Other Possible Rights Rights Movement Same Same Time Soul Soul Music Time Very

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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

Topics: Am Because Civil Civil Rights Fighting Just Just Because Liberal Like Rights Root Sensibility Tradition Twins I Am

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