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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

From Coretta Scott King

There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy.

From Coretta Scott King

On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.

From Coretta Scott King

My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self.

From Coretta Scott King

Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.

From Coretta Scott King

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

From Coretta Scott King

I am scared that if Ronald Reagan gets into office, we are going to see more of the Ku Klux Klan and a resurgence of the Nazi Party.

From Coretta Scott King

Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the ballot box. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge.

From Coretta Scott King

Mr. Sessions' conduct as a U.S. Attorney, from his politically-motivated voting fraud prosecutions to his indifference toward criminal violations of civil rights laws, indicated that he lacks the temperament, fairness and judgment to be a federal judge.

From Coretta Scott King

The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States.

From Coretta Scott King

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