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 realize we are building a movement.

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

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.

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

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