Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

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

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

People don't just show up and lie down in the middle of the street some place out of nothing. Somebody said meet me there, let's get together, and let's do this thing. The interesting thing is that we don't know who all of the leaders of these groups are, but we know that they're out there, and we know a new group of leadership is being created. It shows you that leadership can come from anywhere.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia