Republicans bring out Colin Powell and J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. They have no love and no joy. They'd rather take pictures with black children than feed them.

If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.

I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics.

I think they [Hillary and Bill Clinton] have been - they have shown over and over again that they're willing to be transparent and that they have gone beyond the letter of the law, to show that they're trying to make sure there are bright red, green, purple lines that will separate them from any type of conflict.

Donald Trump has not held an event in the black community. He has not gone to a black church, as Hillary Clinton has done.

When I look around me, I can't help having faith.