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

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

Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision.

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

We know that if whites and nonwhites vote in the same percentages as they did in 2000, Bush will be re-defeated by 3 million votes.

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia