Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation.

Loving your enemy is a radical concept.

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.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out now with a wonderful new text; a memoir, in fact.

In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.