Eva Paterson Quotes

United States, Founder
June 16, 1949

Eva Jefferson Paterson is the president and founder of the Equal Justice Society a national legal organization focused on restoring Constitutional safeguards against discrimination.

I'm drowning my brother drowning.

Eva Paterson
- Drowning
- My Brother
Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will be deemed racist. People of color are filled with sorrow and rage at unrighted wrongs. Drowning in silence, we are brothers and sisters drowning each other. Once we decide to transform ourselves from fearful caterpillars into courageous butterflies, we will be able to bridge the racial gulf and move forward together towards a bright and colorful future.

Eva Paterson
- Silence
- Race
- Afraid