I Will Only Debate With My Equals.

If We Are Going To Be Masters Of Our Destiny, We Must Be Masters Of The Ideas That Influence That Destiny.

We Will Have Taken One Giant Step Forward When We Face This Reality: Powerful People Never Teach Powerless People How To Take Their Power Away From Them.

The Acceptance Of The Facts Of African-american History And The African-american Historian As A Legitimate Part Of The Academic Community Did Not Come Easily. Slavery Ended And Left Its False Images Of Black People Intact.

You Can See In Our Churches Most Of The Males Are Pastors. Most Of The Deacons Are Males. But If The Woman Withdrew Her Support From Our Churches, You'd Have To Close The Doors.

When I Was Able To Go To School In My Early Years, My Third Grade Teacher, Ms. Harris, Convinced Me That One Day I Would Be A Writer. I Heard Her, But I Knew That I Had To Leave Georgia, And Unlike My Friend Ray Charles, I Did Not Go Around With 'georgia On My Mind.'