We are at a point where it is not enough to protest. We have to educate, demonstrate and ultimately move our Congress to legislate, we have to bring about change. Cornell William Brooks More Quotes by Cornell William Brooks More Quotes From Cornell William Brooks My life is the direct product, if you will, of the legacy of the blood, sweat and tears of the NAACP and so today I'm particularly mindful that the NAACP has made America what it is, and certainly made my life possible and we are all grateful heirs of that legacy. Cornell William Brooks sweatgratefulblood Americans live in a country where African-American young men are twenty-five times more likely to lose their lives at the hands of the police than their white counterparts. Cornell William Brooks policemencountry To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of the counts thrown out, where you had 27 counts where it took the jury less than four hours to find them not guilty - that speaks to fact that here we have three civil-rights activists, acquitted. What we have here is a prosecution that was baseless, a prosecution that chilled African Americans right to vote. Cornell William Brooks african-americanrightspeople In respect to the song being sung for a black player does not make it any less offensive to black people, that does not mitigate the insult and injury at all, the fact that this may have been some kind of personal celebration does not in any way speak that it is politically insulting. Cornell William Brooks top-news With the fate of our national moral character at stake, we must hold our elected leaders responsible to act to uphold the constitutional rights guaranteed for all citizens to vote and participate in our democracy. Cornell William Brooks us-news We know we can do the distance because our lives, our votes, our jobs and our schools matter, let us march on, let us march on, let us march on till victory is won. Cornell William Brooks us-news We can continue to be serially outraged, or we can engage in an outrageously patriotic demonstration with a commitment to bringing about reform in this country. Cornell William Brooks us-news This was not merely a mass shooting, not merely a matter of gun violence, this was a racial hate crime and must be confronted as such. Cornell William Brooks top-news He is an extraordinary surgeon, extraordinarily passionate human being, but I disagree with the personalization of a set of policies that have been harmful, not only to African-Americans, but the country as a whole with any particular party. ... Dr. Carson stands like a giant in the operating room, but in the civil rights arena we would love to have more conservation with him about our positions. Cornell William Brooks top-news
