The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.

Leadership has to be focused on some very radical ideas that only we as 21st Century people can talk about: making sure people have a livelihood, making sure people receive a living wage, making sure the environment, the Mother Earth, is embraced and cherished and not destroyed. Making sure people are healthy in what they eat, making sure we hold people and corporations accountable for the damage they do not only to our environment but to our institutions.

It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement.

There is a lack of leadership outside the Beltway, outside of politics.

The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that's what the genesis of the Second Amendment is.

When someone you know passes on, the only thing you can do is keep moving forward.

It's important for people of color to link up with issues around globalization, food security, health, the environment.