Some people think that [it was] Martin Luther King Jr.'s idea to have a boycott. It was a black woman, a teacher, who said we should boycott the buses. You had people like Fannie Lou Hamer; Delta, Mississippi.

I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.

Races don't fall in love, genders don't fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, "John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution. You can get involved!"

I think [James Comey] should take a hard look at what he has done. And I think it would not be a bad thing for the American people if he did step down.