I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes 1950s 60s act
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. Al Sharpton brooklyncleandomestic share on social
We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality. Al Sharpton antibrutalitypolice Change image and share on social
I'm never going to be fat - never again. I'm going to make it easy on my pallbearers. Al Sharpton easyfatmake Change image and share on social
Over fifteen years of studying the American Right professionally - especially in their communications with each other, in their own memos and media since the 1950s - I have yet to find a truly novel development, a real innovation, in far-right 'thought.' Rick Perlstein 1950samericancommunication share on social
If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality. George Weinberg acceptactbox Change image and share on social
The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored. Ken Kesey 60sbreakfrontier Change image and share on social