The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.

Carol Moseley Braun

Anything Century Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Elected Embrace Generation Get Had Important Last Made Movement Racism Really Rights Rights Movement Turn Unpopular Victory Whereas You

Related Quotes

I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

— Danny Glover

ChildCivilCivil Rights

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

AnybodyCivilCivil Rights

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.

— Carol Moseley Braun

AgainBeingCandidates

When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.

— Wadada Leo Smith

CivilCivil RightsCivil Rights Movement

The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers.

— Andrew Young

AlwaysCivilCivil Rights