I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET. Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.

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

I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

Don't talk to us like we ignint!