Charles Rangel

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.

I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.

The 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.