Howard Zinn helped us desegregate Atlanta. That was moving because he took a lot of abuse for that. He and Staughton Lynd, a fellow professor who was also from the North, stood with us. They were certainly behind us. In fact, they often stood in front of us. This had a huge impact on me. But one of the reasons I was very careful about speaking about the relationship I had with him and Staughton was because, in a racist society, if you acknowledge a deep love for and a deep debt owed to white teachers, they tend to discredit your own parents and your own community.

Drew Dellinger is a deep and courageous poet. How lucky we are!

Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That's God. Everything is God. I'm a child of that.

This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.