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"If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism."
"Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff."
"Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence."
"Not all 'whites' are racists. Not all racists are 'white."
"The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy, and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes."
"They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying."
"I grow dizzy when I recall that the number of manufactured tanks seems to have been more important to me than the vanished victims of racism."
Explore more quotes by Constance Baker Motley
"In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions."
"New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere."
"The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society."
"I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted."
"Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both."
"Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white."
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