My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure.

I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.

I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.

Some issues you just - you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.