Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
Charles RangelThe 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 RangelI assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich.
Charles RangelThe people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.
Charles Rangel