So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers.

Welcome to prekindergarten! You will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. In fact, you'll discover that you will have an advantage if you know more of them!

If you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.

The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.

The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival.