I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back.

Hope is the best contraceptive.

As [Martin Luther] King said, it never cost anybody a dime to integrate the lunch counters. When you start talking about trying to deal with jobs and hunger and things that require investment, then that's really the tough stuff, because everybody wants to do right if it doesn't cost them anything.

It is utterly exhausting being Black in America - physically, mentally, and emotionally. While many minority groups and women feel similar stress, there is no respite or escape from your badge of color.

You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.

Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.

Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learning and training are essential to economic quality and independence.