President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan.

I've said it in the past and I'll say it again today: the vote is precious; it's almost sacred.

My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it.

The advent of the civil rights movement during the 50s and 60s made it very plain crystal clear to me that we had an obligation to do what we could to make real the Constitution of the United States of America.

I think putting the United States down across the world is not something that a responsible person does.

People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old enough to register to vote, but they can urge their teachers, their parents, their grandparents, their mothers, their fathers, and others to get out and vote.