“Rosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights ac...” — Douglas Brinkley Quote

“Rosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist.”

“John Kerry had a very vivid imagination as a young person. I mean, he actually did go and take his bicycle from Norway to go camp in Sherwood Forest to be around the ghost of Robin Hood.”

“The Edmund Pettus Bridge - which in 2013 was declared a National Historic Landmark - isn't symbolic of the Civil War in a meaningful way. It is, however, the modern-day battlefield where the voting rights movement was born.”

“I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.”

“You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.”

“The responsibility, the will to stay alive, be a better human being, father, brother, son, activist, and man is on me!”