And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.

It's a cliche to say she was the mother of the civil rights movement, but she was.

I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.