I'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it.

I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are illegal now.

You didn't think of angels as white or black. They were angels.

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that.

The truth of the matter is we have become more interested in designer jeans and break dancing than we are in obligations and responsibilities.

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

I don't really have the luxury to be bitter. I don't have the luxury of having negative things in my life.