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I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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We support President Truman's civil rights program. ↗

— Eugenie Anderson

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During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. ↗

— Joe Biden

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Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement. ↗

— Angela Davis

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I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights. ↗

— David Duke

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As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement. ↗

— James T. Walsh

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The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

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That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character. ↗

— Pam Grier

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By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

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