John Lewis Quotes About Segregation

Quotes about: Segregation

• The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.

  John Lewis

  Rights, Movement, Saws

• My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise.

  John Lewis

  Children, Parent, Noise

  "Rep. John Lewis Looks Back On The Struggle For Voting Rights". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, www.npr.org. November 18, 2016.

• When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it.

  John Lewis

  Growing Up, Men, White Man

  "Rep. John Lewis Looks Back On The Struggle For Voting Rights". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, www.npr.org. November 18, 2016.

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