Alicia Garza Quotes

The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy.

Only when we ensure that the mistakes of our past are not the vision for our future, will we truly have achieved justice.

However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.

In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.

Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.... The Negro is going to get justice or this society will be ripped apart.

We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go.

We deserve a multiracial democracy that works for all of us.

If we truly want to make America great, we need to fix this racial inequality.

As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.

I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.

On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family.

What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

By 'Freedom' for Negroes, I meant and still mean, full economic, political and Social equality with American citizens, in thought, expression and action, with no discrimination based on race or color.

The author of the Declaration of Independence and his associates declared equal rights impracticable in society constituted of masses of different races

What really exercises my mind is not this hypothetical day on which some other Negro ‘first’ will become the first Negro president. What I am really curious about is just what kind of country he’ll be President of.

The whole issue of race and discrimination is a moral issue.

The destiny of the colored American... is the destiny of America.

It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue.

Black lives do matter, and our lives do hold value.

Black lives matter' doesn't mean that all lives do not matter, rather it is a cry for equal treatment in the greater circle of justice for all Americans.

Black Lives Matter was born out of our unwavering love for black people and our undeniable rage over a system that has historically dehumanized black people.