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Segregation Quotes

Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!

First Inaugural Speech as Governor of Alabama, January 1963.

America preaches integration and practices segregation.

Malcolm X (1992). “Malcolm X Speaks Out”, Andrews McMeel Pub

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.

Bayard Rustin (2003). “Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit...

Defending the re-segregation of federal offices, in Conference with members of the National Association for Equal Rights, November 1914.

Segregation has no place in the education system.

"Richard Dawkins: Beyond belief". Interview with John Crace, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2006.

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

Letter to Sally Canada on September 19, 1956. "The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr". Book edited by Clayborne Carson, Ralph E. Luker, Penny A. Russell, and Pete Holloran, Volumes 2-3, p. 373, 1992.

I grew up in the South. I grew up in the days of legalized segregation. And, so, whether you called it legal racial segregation or you called it apartheid, it was the same injustice.

"American scholar recalls honoring Nelson Mandela with a quilt of connection". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. December 9, 2013.