We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.
Interpretation
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 sparked more discussions about civil rights than ever before, highlighting its significance in American society.
Clarence Thomas reflects on the profound impact that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had on the conversation surrounding civil rights in the United States. Before this pivotal legislation, discussions on civil rights were limited, but the Act not only addressed issues of discrimination and inequality but also galvanized public discourse and awareness, leading to a greater understanding and recognition of civil rights issues in America.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of legislation in shaping societal values.
Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading up this organization in the Reagan administration - I can say that conservatives don't exactly break their necks to tell blacks that they're welcome.
Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
I was Catholic. You talk about a minority within a minority within a minority: a black Catholic in Savannah, GA.
When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, youre not supposed to be there because of the color of your skin.
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.
I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts _x000D_ _x000D_ Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose,_x000D_ _x000D_ And on old Hiems' thin and icy crown _x000D_ _x000D_ An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds_x000D_ _x000D_ Is, as in mockery, set. The spring, the summer,_x000D_ _x000D_ The childing autumn, angry winter, change_x000D_ _x000D_ Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world,_x000D_ _x000D_ By their increase, now knows not which is which.
I'm intending to work on juvenile justice reform, sentencing reform, reentry, drug treatment, access to mental health care.
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.
After spending three or four years interacting with the Bush administration, I realized they were not taking any actions to deal with climate change. So, I decided to give one talk, and then it snowballed into another talk and eventually to even protesting and getting arrested.
I am slowly, painfully discovering that my refuge is not found in my mother, my grandmother, of even the birds of Bear River. My refuge exists in my capacity to love. If I can learn to love death then I can begin to find refuge in change.
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