When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.