I Tour More Than I Need To,

You See Martin Luther King Is Dead And Huey Newton Is Not. And Malcolm X Is Dead And Bobby Seale Is Not. And Vernon Jordan Was Shot. The Thing That Revolutionaries, Or Even People Who Want To Claim They're Revolutionaries, Often Forget Is That It Doesn't Make No Difference What Kind Of Wardrobe You Wear, And If You Speak Up About Black People Doing Better You Just Risked Your Life.

You Never Cared Enough To Be Black

You Know What Has Made Me The Happiest I've Ever Been? Seeing My Son And Daughter Graduate From College. More Than Wanting Them To Be Educated, I Wanted Them To Be Nice People. To See That They Have Become Both Is Just A Wonderful Thing.

America .. The International Jekyll And Hyde ... The Land Of A Thousand Disguises, Sneaks Up On You But Rarely Surprises

I Was A Better Writer When I Was Teaching. I Was Constantly Going Over The Basics And Constantly Reminding Myself, As I Reminded My Students, What Made A Good Story, A Good Poem.