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Racial equality5 quotes
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1963I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1963People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true... No. The only tired I was was tired of giving in. — Rosa Parks · 1992We Negroes love our country. We fought for it. We ask only that we be treated as well as those who fought against it. — Frederick Douglass · 1893We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Civil rights3 quotes
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1963People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true... No. The only tired I was was tired of giving in. — Rosa Parks · 1992We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Equality3 quotes
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1963People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true... No. The only tired I was was tired of giving in. — Rosa Parks · 1992We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963American politics2 quotes
People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true... No. The only tired I was was tired of giving in. — Rosa Parks · 1992We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Fighting for justice1 quote
People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true... No. The only tired I was was tired of giving in. — Rosa Parks · 1992Political reconciliation1 quote
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1963Standing up for what's right1 quote
People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true... No. The only tired I was was tired of giving in. — Rosa Parks · 1992