My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.
America is the only country in the world that classifies as Negro any person who has one drop of African blood in his or her veins.
Once bitten, you seldom lose the political bug.
My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.
Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive.
I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.