Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport.

It Is The Responsibility Of Every Adult... To Make Sure That Children Hear What We Have Learned From The Lessons Of Life And To Hear Over And Over That We Love Them And That They Are Not Alone.

Don't Just Dream About Grandiose Acts Of Doing Good. Every Day Do Small Ones, That Add Up Over Time To Positive Patterns.

Unless Children Have Strong Education And Strong Families And Strong Communities And Decent Housing, It's Not Enough To Go Sit In At A Lunch Counter.

When President Kennedy Was Elected, Many Black Americans, Like So Many Americans, Were Captivated By His Youth And Energy And Promise And Were Especially Hopeful That He Might Move The Country In A New Direction On Civil Rights.

When I Started Out As An Activist, The Issues Were Much Clearer. There's Advantage To The New Media, But On The Other Hand, You Miss The Ability To Frame An Issue That You Had When There Were Just Three Tv Networks: Cbs, Nbc, And Abc. So The Whole World Could See The Same Police Dogs. The Same Bull Connor And His White Tank. Now You've Got Narrow-casting. The Media Is All Fragmented. It's So Hard To Get People To Focus In A Sustained Way.