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

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.

I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

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

The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey... then I should be praised for it, and it's more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.