Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given rotten peaches, we will make cobblers; if given scraps, we will make quilts; take away our drums, and we will clap our hands. We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need. We need confidence in our knowledge of who we are.

His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached nonviolence.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

All systems require myths for their longevity.

We are better than we think and not yet what we want to be.

VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.