Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

What determines your altitude in life is your attitude.

Even behind bars, even on Death Row, you can fail up, because life is about committing ourselves on a daily basis to the best in us. Freedom is a state of mind. Freedom is an attitude. Freedom is a spirit. You may be behind bars, but you still have the capacity to be free.

How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

We come to know who we really are in life during the dark and difficult and desolate days of our journey.

John Carlos provided the world with one of the most iconic images of the 1960s with his Black Power salute after a medal-winning performance at the 1968 summer games.