I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia

The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

Obama is to the Tea Party as the moon is to werewolves.

Discrimination is discrimination no matter who the victim is, and it is always wrong. There are no special rights in America, despite the attempts by many to divide blacks and the gay community with the argument that the latter are seeking some imaginary special rights at the expense of blacks.

Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.

I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.