[Rosa Louise] Parks used to say, "Everybody looks at me because I sat down once in Montgomery, but the real hero is a woman named Septima Clark."She created the Citizenship Schools [where civil-rights activists taught basic literacy and political education classes].

God did not create two classes of children or human beings-only one.

So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.

We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who will keep seeding and building transforming movements.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.