I Grew Up In A Very Religious

When President Kennedy Was Elected, Many Black Americans, Like So Many Americans, Were Captivated By His Youth And Energy And Promise And Were Especially Hopeful That He Might Move The Country In A New Direction On Civil Rights.

The Challenge Of Social Justice Is To Evoke A Sense Of Community That We Need To Make Our Nation A Better Place, Just As We Make It A Safer Place.

Don't Just Dream About Grandiose Acts Of Doing Good. Every Day Do Small Ones, That Add Up Over Time To Positive Patterns.

There Were These Great Women In Montgomery, [rosa Louise] Parks Was Among Them. Jo Ann Robinson [who Organized The Bus Boycott] Was Among Them. It's Always These Ordinary Women And Men Of Grace Who Have Been Waiting And Seething And Planning To Change Things That Are Unjust That Bring Movement.

It Never Occurred To Me That I Was Not Going To Challenge Segregation.