I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need to be personally responsible for keeping our streets clean, our schools safe, and our houses peaceful.

If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices.

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need to be personally responsible for keeping our streets clean, our schools safe, and our houses peaceful.

Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!