C. Vann Woodward Quotes.

1. "The other was that all the major civil rights organizations, new as well as old, were committed to the philosophy of non-violence, the doctrine preached by the most conspicuous leader in the Negro movement, Martin Luther King. ‘We will soon wear you down by our capacity to suffer,’ he told the whites, ‘and in winning our freedom we will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process."
- C. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow: Commemorative Edition with a New Afterword by Will

2. "The fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city, North and South,’ he said. ‘Where legal remedies are not at hand, redress is sought in the streets in demonstrations, parades and protests, which create tensions and threaten violence—and threaten lives."
- C. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow: Commemorative Edition with a New Afterword by Will

3. "Eight days later he sent to Congress the most sweeping bill for civil rights up to that time, and urged it ‘not merely for reasons of economic efficiency, world diplomacy and domestic tranquility—but above all because it is right."
- C. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow: Commemorative Edition with a New Afterword by Will