Intuitively we all like to seek the things that are comfortable rather than uncomfortable. But I do think there is a way of saying that if I believe in justice and I believe that justice is a constant struggle, and if I want to create justice, then I have to get comfortable with struggle.

Montgomery's unique role in the domestic slave trade was that it was the first community that had a rail line that connected the Deep South to the mid-Atlantic region.

There were people in the South who were ardently opposed to slavery. And maybe, if we get into truth and reconciliation, those will be the people we want to name schools and streets after.

I have to get comfortable with resistance, and even sometimes with hostility.

Are you the sum total of your worst acts?

We all have a responsibility to create a just society

The death penalty symbolizes whom we fear and don't fear, whom we care about and whose lives are not valid.