An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.

While it is true that without a vision the people perish, it is doubly true that without action the people and their vision perish as well.

Now, if you want to know my secret love, it is to be able to serve as an example.

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

Faced with what seems like an impossible task, a group of folks will do well to remember the African proverb: When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.

Show me someone content with mediocrity and I'll show you someone destined for failure.