This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.

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

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

He was a humanist then, he's a humanist now, and to my mind John Carlos is an authentic American hero.

This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

I don't want the Obama era to be more about symbolism than substance when it comes to black people. I love him, but I love black people even more.

Sometimes even your friends don't understand your calling, your purpose, your vocation. But you have to stand in your truth anyway, and they will eventually come around to understanding you, if you do it lovingly.