Racial Equality Movement Quotes

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned... Everything is war. Me say war. That until the're no longer 1st class and 2nd class citizens of any nation... Until the color of a man's skin is of no more significa...nce than the color of his eyes, me say war. That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race me say war!

I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.

The contest is becoming—has become—one, not alone of freedom for the black, but freedom for the white.

Colin Kaepernick is one of the leaders in the movement for black lives. His role as an athlete and activist is not only motivating but inspiring.

Racist means thinking more highly of another, being superior to another. I don't feel better or superior - white, black, yellow, all the same.

All lives matter when black lives matter and no lives are more important than black lives.

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an organization moving to transform the way our society values black lives. It's not an 'Internet movement.'

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

The conviction that all men are equal by reason of their natural dignity has been generally accepted. Hence racial discrimination can no longer be justified.

We reached a high point in my opinion with the passage of the civil rights legislation and Martin Luther King's success and the crusade of others. I think we kind of breathed a sigh of relief as if we had achieved the end of racial discrimination or white supremacy.

I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There's blatant racism going both ways. That's what we need.

Obama has placed himself in perfect political position: he spent the 2008 campaign convincing the American people that he's a racial unifier rather than a divider, without any evidence to prove it.

To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.

I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact.

I love black people, I love white people, I love yellow people.

The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.

It was not only the negro that I freed, but the white man no less.

I think to be very blunt about it, in a lot of that support is a desire for convergence of a black skin with the United States Presidency, with power on that level - the idea is that to have a black in that office leading a largely white country would be redemptive for America.

Like my father, I don't want to see anyone mistreated, anything like that. I'm very racial-conscious because my father had a lot of, you know, challenges in the area of race. I'm very sensitive to that kind of issue.

Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African national and racial equality.

There can be no racial animosity, because there are no races.

Here I come with these images of black and white people, and a lot of people got angry at me.

I think Black Lives Matter is a necessary, modern group of activism and should be applauded. I encourage them to continue in their efforts.

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.