Why Do You All Push Us Around?

You Cannot Always Control The Powers-that-be. You Just Have To Have Faith And Stand By The Things You Believe In.

Racial Pride And Self-dignity Were Emphasized In My Family And Community.

We Didn't Have Any Civil Rights. It Was Just A Matter Of Survival, Of Existing From One Day To The Next. I Remember Going To Sleep As A Girl Hearing The Klan Ride At Night And Hearing A Lynching And Being Afraid The House Would Burn Down.

Without A Vision The People Perish, But Without Courage Dreams Die.

If I Stayed Angry At Other People, I Would Miss Finding Friends Among Those I Was Angry With.