We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions

The Black Power Mixtape is a documentary, first of all. It brings us closer to the voices we heard at that particular point in time.

The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike began as a response to the college's refusal to hire Professor Nathan Hare [the so-called father of black studies], and certainly unified the college around issues of justice. These issues were reflected in many communities: the Asian American community, Hispanic community, Native American community.

Every day of my life I walk with the idea I am black no matter how successful I am.

I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years

Democracy is about criticism.

Yes, (Bush is a) racist. We all knew that but the world is only finding it out now. As Texas's governor, Bush led a penitentiary system that executed more people than all the other U.S. states together. And most of the people who died from (the) death penalty were Afro-Americans or Hispanics. (Bush) promoted a Conservative program, designed to eliminate everything Americans had accomplished so far in matters of race and equality.