For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

I became the messenger who had to be killed

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination

Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.

I have - often say to people that you really don't get to decide your own legacy. I mean, what you do is, you try to be your own authentic self. And then people decide how they're going to interpret that and what it means to them.