Many Catholic parishes were segregated prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the first large contingent of African-American Catholic priests would enter into the seminary in the 1920s.
There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.
After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted the civil rights and liberties of blacks. Central to the enforcement of these laws were the stiff penalties for blacks possessing firearms.
After years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless.
Spotify wants to make consuming music simpler and at the same time pay the rights owners.
Film rights were in the offing for 'The Onion Field,' eventually made into a movie in 1979; 'The New Centurions' became a 1972 film starring George C. Scott, while 'The Blue Knight' starred William Holden in a 1973 mini-series version.
In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.
I'm a strong supporter of states' rights to do what they need.
The Founding Fathers worried that 'some common impulse of passion' might lead many to subvert the rights of the few. It's a rational fear, one that is played out endlessly.
The civil war across the Middle East between the Shia and the Sunni empowers groups like ISIS and al Qaeda who claim to be the defenders of Sunni rights against Shia attack.
I'm actually a huge fan of changing every single 'anti-Trump' sentiment to 'pro-human rights' because they are synonymous.
We have seen the civil rights movement insist on re-writing many of the textbooks in our universities and schools. The labor unions likewise insist that textbooks be fair to the viewpoints of organized labor. Other interested citizens groups have not hesitated to review, analyze and criticize textbooks and teaching materials.
I've made sure that I've stood for privacy and the rights of the people time and time again.
My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women.
The Tolkien estate owns the writings of Professor Tolkien. 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' were sold by Professor Tolkien in the late '60s, the film rights.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.
The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them.
