I loved the land that surrounded me but hated the history that haunted that land.
Mark KempStichwörter: civil-rights-movement the-south southern-culture
A freedom given up is not so easily regained.
Rivera SunStichwörter: freedom america freedom-of-thought novels freedom-of-speech civil-rights-movement constitution freedom-of-expression freedom-of-the-press civil-liberty constitutional-rights
I sat there listening to "We Shall Overcome," looking out of the window at the passing Mississippi landscape.
Anne MoodyStichwörter: civil-rights-movement mississippi-authors
I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything.
Augusta ScattergoodStichwörter: libraries librarians civil-rights-movement mississippi-authors
But courage was growing in me too. Little by little it was getting harder and harder for me not to speak out.
Anne MoodyStichwörter: courage civil-rights-movement mississippi-authors
She wore heavy sandals, with socks. No kid in the entire state of Mississippi wore black socks in the summer. Shoot, if I wasn't standing smack-dab in the middle of the library, I wouldn't be wearing shoes.
Augusta ScattergoodStichwörter: libraries civil-rights-movement mississippi-authors
For the rest of the afternoon, Miss Bloom smiled almost as bright as the big yellow sun shining through the front picture window. Her library was filled up with people who loved books.
Augusta ScattergoodStichwörter: libraries books happiness civil-rights-movement mississippi-authors
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do that someday. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight bass. There is room here for my children to play, and grow, and become good citizens...
Myrlie Evers-WilliamsStichwörter: civil-rights-movement mississippi-authors
Hollywood, Woodstock, nor the hippie culture was the source of power of the 1960's freedom movement. God was.
Glenn BeckStichwörter: civil-rights-movement
He was leading those who risked their lives over that bridge in Selma, not Janice Joplin, Columbia University, or a labor union. It wasn’t John Lennon that taught people about love and peaceful resistance — that job fell on the shoulders of a Jewish carpenter.
Glenn BeckStichwörter: civil-rights-movement
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