We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all praises), the only group that derives its identity from itself.

My work is a part of me and I know it. I have no reason to try to pick one part of me out from the rest. I only see my work, or rather I should say I see my work only telling my part of the human experience.

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

Just as nature abhors a vacuum, humans resist change. Change will occur; vacuums will be filled.