We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.

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

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

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.

If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.

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