Suffering Does Not Necessarily Ennoble You.

It's Not White Versus Black Any More, It's Haves Versus Have-nots. Unless The Black Middle-classes Unite To Promote The Interests Of The Black Underclass, Tension Between Them Is Inevitable. What We, The Black Middle Class Have To Do, Is Think Of A Strategy To Avert That.

Kansas City Lightning Succeeds As Few Biographies Of Jazz Musicians Have. . . This Book Is A Magnificent Achievement; I Could Hardly Put It Down.

What's Fascinated Me From The Time I Was A Little Kid Was The Way We Construct Our Lives Through Stories.

The Biggest Surprise For Me, Without A Doubt, Was That The First Black People Who Came To The United States Weren't The 20 Who Arrived In Jamestown In 1619. All Of Us Had Been Taught That. The First African Came To Florida In 1513. And The Huge Shock Is We Know His Name, Juan Garrido, And That He Wasn't A Slave. He Was Free!

Lincoln Had A Tremendous Capacity For Personal Growth - More Than Any Other American President.