Don't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.

I especially appreciated hearing the President [Barack Obama] affirm that "black lives matter" and that it means that some citizens are feeling more pain, and experiencing more negative effects than others, and he offered up the stats. He also indicated that black lives matter does not negate the fact that blue lives matter. He ably walked the tightrope, here, between affirming both black life and police life.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

If the Muslim community in Michigan comes out strongly, I think they will make a difference.

In trying times, I like to remember that you have to keep walking because you can't see what is around the corner.

Interesting statistic: In every economic recovery until 1982, working people captured more than 80 percent of the value of the recovery. Since 1982, the top 10 percent has captured 90 percent of the value of the economic recovery.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."