I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.

Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break in order to survive. This astonishes me, and what excites me I write about. Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

it is amazing how all our paths of rebellion tend to lead us straight back home.