I Don't Think The Riots Derailed The

The Truth Is I Would Do My Job For Free! I Love It Every Day. If You Can Possibly Choose A Vocation That's An Avocation, A Job That's Really A Hobby, Then You'll Be Way Ahead Of The Game. You Should Not Pick An Occupation Because Your Think Your Parents Want You To Do It, Or Because You Think It's The Noble Thing To Do. You Should Only Pick A Job Because It Turns You On.

My Mom, God Rest Her Soul - She Liked Nicknames. In The Womb She Named Me Skip. There Was Another Black Guy In Piedmont, W.va., And His Name Was Skip. They Called Him Big Skip, And I Was Little Skip.

The Sad Truth Is That The Civil Rights Movement Cannot Be Reborn Until We Identify The Causes Of Black Suffering, Some Of Them Self-inflicted. Why Can't Black Leaders Organize Rallies Around Responsible Sexuality, Birth Within Marriage, Parents Reading To Their Children And Students Staying In School And Doing Homework?

I Want To Be Remembered As Someone Who Tried To Bring The Story Of Our Ancestors To The Broadest Possible Audience. I Want To Be Remembered As A Man Who Loved His Race.

Mama And I Would Go To A Funeral And She'd Stand Up To Read The Dead Person's Eulogy. She Made The Ignorant And Ugly Sound Like Scholars And Movie Stars, Turned The Mean And Evil Into Saints And Angels. She Knew What People Had Meant To Be In Their Hearts, Not What The World Had Forced Them To Become. She Knew The Ways In Which Working Too Hard For Paltry Wages Could Turn You Mean And Cold, Could Kill The Thing That Made You Laugh.