It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.

I always have felt that elders are really important. I think it's because, in my little Southern black culture, elders really were respected. Everybody listened to them. They may not have agreed - that's a whole different story - but they would totally listen and consider what the elder had to say.

In my opinion and experience, imperialists of all nations and races will tell us anything to keep us fighting. For them.

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.

I think if I could not get myself off my cushion, off my couch, or away from whatever I'm eating - or drinking or partying or whatever - if I couldn't get away from that, I would have a heavy heart.

... my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand and lie about who you actually are.