Famous quotes containing the words civil rights, civil, rights and/or museum:
“... as a result of generations of betrayal, its nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what he does or what he suffers, a white liberal is never established beyond suspicion in the hearts of the minority.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 10 (1962)
“At Hayes General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment on account.”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Since womans rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)
“To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (18261903)