Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other.

The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.