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You can't separate the phenomenal birth of unionism in the United States of America from the Pullman porters. This same small group of men, who grew to be 10,000 strong, was also the organizational foundation for the civil rights movement and all of the gains that were made in the '40s and the '50s. That, and the black church.

~Andre Braugher

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When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist.

~Andrea Mitchell

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I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

~Andrew Cuomo

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There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement.

~Andrew Young

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The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers.

~Andrew Young

Topics: Always Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Heroes Mothers Movement Rights Rights Movement Unsung Were Wives

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Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.

~Andrew Young

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Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement.

~Angela Davis

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Growing up in Mississippi - a state that historically was a place of racial injustice, inequality and oppression - gave me the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the evolution of the civil rights movement through the eyes of my parents, grandparents, and the black elders of our community.

~Angela Mcglowan

Topics: Black Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Community Elders Evolution Experience Eyes Gave Grandparents Growing Growing Up Historically Inequality Injustice Me Mississippi Movement Opportunity Oppression Our Our Community Parents Place Racial Rights Rights Movement State Through Unique Up

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I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the secular level. And to be a peace marcher, an activist for civil rights, peace and justice.

~Anne Lamott

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Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' for instance, was based loosely on the life of the Rev. Josiah Henson, who forgave his master that wanted to sell him and beat him after Henson begged him not to.

~Anthea Butler

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