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

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

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.

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!

In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran it for another thirteen years because I couldn't convince other people to really do it. And this year, I'm not running it.

Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.

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