Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

I think one of the most fascinating things you can do after you learn about your own people is to study something about the history and culture of other people.

Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.

We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it.

History is written by winners.

Most of us prefer to be as quiet as possible about giving, because every time it's publicized that we do something, if it's something of the nature of giving, we'll be doubly besieged, and you really get sick of being always criticized no matter what you do.