Preserving Racial Segregation

Famous quotes containing the words racial segregation, preserving, racial and/or segregation:

“Martin Luther King, Jr., was the conscience of his generation.... He and I grew up in the same South, he the son of a clergyman, I the son of a farmer. We both knew from opposite sides, the invisible wall of racial segregation.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

“My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity—a good strong figure. But I think it is rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)

“... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.”
—Shirley Chisholm (b. 1924)

“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!”
—George C. Wallace (b. 1919)