I am very, very hopeful about the American South - I believe that we will lead America to what Dr. King called 'the beloved community.'
You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles and aunts could not register to vote because each time they attempted to register to vote, they were told they could not pass the literacy test.
Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Hispanic, he's the president of all races.
1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond, because of the quality of our demand and our sense of moral authority.
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.
Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made.
The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.
Sometimes you have to not just dream about what could be - you get out and push and you pull and you preach. And you create a climate and environment to get those in high places, to get men and women of good will in power to act.
I think President Barack Obama has been a good president.
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
