If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

The liberation of Blacks is not for Blacks only.

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.