If on Judgement Day I were summoned by St. Peter to give testimony to the used-to-be sheriff's act of kindness, I would be unable to say anything in his behalf. His confidence that my uncle and every other Black man who heard of the Klan's coming ride would scurry under their houses to hide in chicken droppings was too humiliating to hear. Without waiting for Momma's thanks, he rode out of the yard, sure that things were as they should be and that he was a gentle squire, saving those deserving serfs from the laws of the land, which he condoned.

There is no place where God is not.

Shelter Network's programs and services are a rainbow in the clouds for homeless children and adults.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom would say, 'Sister mine, I'm going to make you some soup.' And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.