Political Quotes

“I thank my distinguished colleague from Ohio for calling this special order on Black History Month and choosing this year's appropriate theme, "Empowering Afro-American Organizations: Present and Future." African-American organizations, such as the NAACP, National Urban League, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have worked together with the primary goals of achieving social and economic equality. During the 1960's these groups attempted to reach these goals by removing the legal structure that supported racial discrimination and segregation, and by developing the unanimously accepted view that overt acts of racism are not morally tolerable in American society. Even After these monumental achievements, African-Americans did not gain social and economic equality. Today, the goals of achieving social and economic equality remain the same, only the scope has been expanded.”