Segregation Quotes

Young people think broadly about voting rights or economic rights but don't understand how individuals were affected by voting rights. The right to vote was to get people out of office who would bring on segregation. - Dean Rowley

You learn what they had to endure to build this enterprise, but you also learn what an incredible enterprise they were able to sculpt out of the hardships of segregation. - Bob Kendrick

Yes, you could say I favored segregation then. I don't now. - Trent Lott

White Americans are in denial of black Americans' contributions through slavery, through Jim Crow (segregation laws) ... and I believe we can change that through a major new investment in education. - Bill Bradley

While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should. - Bruce Hornsby

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art. - Jeanne Moreau

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking. - Shelby Foote

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it. I would ask my mother and ask my parents over and over again, why? They said, that's the way it is. Don't get in the way, don't get in trouble. I was so inspired by Rosa Parks in 1955. I was 15 years old. I was inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. I heard his words on all radio. It seemed like he was saying to me, John Lewis, you too can make a contribution. - John Lewis