The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away

You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.

Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.

Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.

I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.

I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980