Are you the sum total of your worst acts?

We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.

Because my great-grandparents were enslaved people, the legacy of slavery was something that didn't seem impersonal or disconnected. That's what motivated me to get into law.

I love museums, and I think they're fantastic, but they don't touch the people who I frequently think need to be touched with at least some reminder of legacy.

I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change.

You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth.

You don’t change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart.