You Really Can Change The World If

It Is Utterly Exhausting Being Black In America - Physically, Mentally, And Emotionally. While Many Minority Groups And Women Feel Similar Stress, There Is No Respite Or Escape From Your Badge Of Color.

Failure Is Just Another Way To Learn How To Do Something Right.

We're Spending, On Average, Three Times More For Prison Than For Public-school Pupils. That's The Dumbest Investment Policy. It Doesn't Make Us Safer.

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.

The Outside World Told Black Kids When I Was Growing Up That We Weren't Worth Anything. But Our Parents Said It Wasn't So, And Our Churches And Our Schoolteachers Said It Wasn't So. They Believed In Us, And We, Therefore, Believed In Ourselves.