They were the community leaders. They were the leaders of the civil rights struggle.

The main concern we have in the civil rights community isn't necessarily that that DOJ brought this case. It's that the department is not bringing meritorious cases on behalf of African-American and Native American voters.

we in the civil rights community need to hold the senators accountable, all the senators, for their vote on any nominee. And we need to ask them, ... what are you looking for in a judge and where do you draw the line and at what point will you step up and do the right thing?

He's certainly been exposed to the civil rights community in unparalleled fashion, ... The name Martin Luther King still has some magic.

This is a modern-day civil rights movement. Political leaders need to understand the importance of the times that we're in. The real leaders in this movement have been the Latino people, the average person.

He put forth an anti-Rosa Parks judge. ... Just maybe, we need a White House conference on civil rights.