America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system.

I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black?

Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.

I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.

Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system.

Kansas City Lightning succeeds as few biographies of jazz musicians have. . . This book is a magnificent achievement; I could hardly put it down.

Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low.