Mississippi Civil Rights

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

    “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)

    “Mississippi: I told you I was no good with a gun.
    Bull: The trouble is Doc, Cole was in front of the gun. The safe place is behind Mississippi when he shoots that thing.”
    —Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

    “... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.”
    —Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)

    “I wish the women’s rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)