If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.

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

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

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.

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.