My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise.

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.

I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].

I think right now, the focus has got to be on how we hold [Donald] Trump accountable.

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

I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16 years old, we went down to the public library trying to check out some books and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors! It was a public library! I never went back to that public library until July 5th, 1998, by this time I'm in the Congress, for a book signing of my book "Walking with the Wind"