We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual. And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.

But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.

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

While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.

This is not about what party you're part of. This is about right and wrong, ... the conscience of this nation.

I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.