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Tarana Burke stated, “These movements aren’t about anger. We’re not angrily saying ‘Black Lives Matter.’ We’re declaring it. It’s a declaration.”
Tarana Burke stated, “These movements aren’t about anger. We’re...
Stokely Carmichael stated, “I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.”
Stokely Carmichael stated, “I maintain that every civil rights...
Ida B. Wells stated, “The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.”
Ida B. Wells stated, “The South resented giving the...
Fannie Lou Hamer declared at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, “We didn’t come for no two seats when all of us is tired!”
Fannie Lou Hamer declared at the 1964 Democratic National...
Julian Bond stated, “The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.”
Julian Bond stated, “The humanity of all Americans is...
Charles Jones, SNCC Executive Committee member, said, “Civil defense and economic power alone will not insure the continuation of Democracy.”
Charles Jones, SNCC Executive Committee member, said, “Civil defense...
“The North was a different thing,” CORE Director James Farmer wrote. “Civil rights organizations had left the Northern poor to Malcolm X…”
“The North was a different thing,” CORE Director James...
“When the federal government passed bills that supposedly supported Black voting and outlawed public segregation, SNCC lost the initiative in these areas”- Cleveland Sellers
"When the federal government passed bills that supposedly supported...
“SNCC talked about issues that no white Mississippi politicians had ever dreamed of mentioning-ideas which resonate even today.”- James Forman
"SNCC talked about issues that no white Mississippi politicians...
James Forman stated the goal is “to shake loose the fear among blacks, and, through their progressive platforms, gave their intended constituents an expanded...
James Forman stated the goal is “to shake loose...
“Democracy itself demands the great intangible strength of the people able to unite in a common endeavor because they are granted human dignity. This...
“Democracy itself demands the great intangible strength of the...
“Across the country, and especially in the south, SNCC veterans are influential leaders and activists. Once young and mentored by “elders” who had long...
Across the country, and especially in the south, SNCC...
“Five SNCC veterans have been recipients of MacArthur Foundation Genius awards. Former SNCC communications director Julian Bond became board chair of the NAACP. Former...
Five SNCC veterans have been recipients of MacArthur Foundation...
“Violence and reprisal was the response to any Black effort aimed at gaining the political franchise; but because few blacks were willing to brave...
"Violence and reprisal was the response to any Black...
“Blacks were deliberately and systematically kept illiterate (and the public school system was part of this) while at the same time literacy was the...
"Blacks were deliberately and systematically kept illiterate (and the...
“The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party: In Mississippi and throughout the black belt, the savage never-ending oppressive cycle that kept black people politically disenfranchised had...
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party: In Mississippi and throughout...
“We were the community’s children,” wrote SNCC’s legendary Mississippi project director Bob Moses in his book Radical Equations. “And that closeness rendered moot the...
“We were the community’s children,” wrote SNCC’s legendary Mississippi...
“A newsletter—The Student Voice—was created and circulated to student protest groups. It mainly provided information about what the various SNCC-affiliated campus-based organizations were doing.”
A newsletter—The Student Voice—was created and circulated to student...
“My spirit speaks in songs and moans.” – Bettie Mae Fikes
“My spirit speaks in songs and moans.”
– Bettie Mae...
“Songs are the things that keep me.” – Bettie Mae Fikes reflecting on her love for music and movement
"Songs are the things that keep me.”
– Bettie Mae...
“Music is a motivation and organizing tool.” – Bettie Mae Fikes
"Music is a motivation and organizing tool.”
– Bettie Mae...
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” – Shirley Chisholm
"If they don’t give you a seat at the...
“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.” – Malcolm...
“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism...
“I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.” – Stokely Carmichael
"I maintain that every civil rights bill in this...
“The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.” – Ida B. Wells
“The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the...
“MFDP—enabled SNCC to provide a political voice for the politically powerless and inarticulate black poor.”
MFDP—enabled SNCC to provide a political voice for the...
“We didn’t come for no two seats when all of us is tired!” – Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964 DNC
"We didn’t come for no two seats when all...
“The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.” – Julian Bond
“The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any...
“Civil defense and economic power alone will not insure the continuation of Democracy” – Charles Jones
“Civil defense and economic power alone will not insure...
“In April 1960, SNCC Executive Committee member Charles Jones declared that “this movement will affect other areas beyond [lunch counter] services, such as politics...
In April 1960, SNCC Executive Committee member Charles Jones...
“SNCC was in the vanguard in demonstrating that independent Black politics could be successful.”
SNCC was in the vanguard in demonstrating that independent...
Ella Baker’s words best define this legacy: “We who believe in freedom cannot rest.”
Ella Baker’s words best define this legacy: "We who...
“What is new in your fight is the fact that it was initiated, fed, and sustained by students.”
What is new in your fight is the fact...
“No civil rights action in history had ever swept the South the way that the sit-in movement did; certainly no action driven and led...
No civil rights action in history had ever swept...
