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

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person

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.

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.