I'm Not So Vain As To Believe

The Civil Rights Movement Didn't Deal With The Issue Of Political Disenfranchisement In The Northern Cities. It Didn't Deal With The Issues That Were Happening In Places Like Detroit, Where There Was A Deep Process Of Deindustrialization Going On. So You Have This Response Of Angry Young People, With A War Going On In Vietnam, A Poverty Program That Was Insufficient, And Police Brutality. All These Things Gave Rise To The Black Power Movement. The Black Power Movement Was Not A Separation From The Civil Rights Movement, But A Continuation Of This Whole Process Of Democratization.

I Was A Member Of The Black Student Union, Part Of The Central Committee At San Francisco State. During The 1968 Strike There, I Was Certainly Very Much Involved In The Activities That Occurred On Campus. It Was Part Of An Extraordinary Period In My Life

There Is A Lack Of Leadership Outside The Beltway, Outside Of Politics.

If We Talk About Literacy, We Have To Talk About How To Enhance Our Children's Mastery Over The Tools Needed To Live Intelligent, Creative, And Involved Lives.

When You Have Powerful Unions, You Have A Working Class That Is Politicized.