Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

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

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia

Working in a situation with men and women, and seeing women take on roles equal to the roles taken by men made you understand that, "Hey, these people can do things too." And I think it made me and other people in the movement realize that we're living in a community of equals. And that among those equals, they have equal rights. And we ought to respect their rights if they respected ours.

It takes people who have a widespread series of experiences to develop future leaders. It takes people who aren't afraid to challenge and move forward.

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.