The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. – Charles Rangel
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. – Charles Rangel
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. – Charles Rangel
If theres no relationship with a father whos absent, nobody talks about it. – Charles Rangel
Theres a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, theyre interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, theyre just a mess. Its good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality. – Ellen Pompeo