Civil Rights Museum

Famous quotes containing the words civil rights, civil, rights and/or museum:

    “There are those who say to you—we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.”
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    “Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.”
    —Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39–65)

    “Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”
    —Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)

    “A fallen tree does not rise again.”
    —Hawaiian saying no. 2412, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)