Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.
Danny GloverThe exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table.
Danny GloverRemember, we're talking [in The Black Power Mixtape] about 1967, the year before [Martin Luther] King's assassination. We're talking about the emergence of black power, which is a discussion King mentioned in his last book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? We're talking about the meaning of black power and the possibility that it alienated our supporters, both white and black.
Danny GloverThe black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.
Danny GloverYes, (Bush is a) racist. We all knew that but the world is only finding it out now. As Texas's governor, Bush led a penitentiary system that executed more people than all the other U.S. states together. And most of the people who died from (the) death penalty were Afro-Americans or Hispanics. (Bush) promoted a Conservative program, designed to eliminate everything Americans had accomplished so far in matters of race and equality.
Danny Glover