I Think Literacy Is Everything.

It Is The Black Poet Who Bridges The Gap In Tradition, Who Modifies Tradition When Experience Demands It, Who Translates Experience Into Meaning And Meaning Into Belief.

Because Lincoln Is So Closely Identified With What It Is To Be American, Everyone Wants To Claim Him, To Rewrite His Story To Satisfy Their Own Particular Needs.

The Most Ironic Outcome Of The Black Civil Rights Movement Has Been The Creation Of A New Black Middle Class Which Is Increasingly Separate From The Black Underclass.

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.

Color Categories Are On Steroids In Latin America. I Find That Fascinating. It's Very Difficult For Americans, Particularly African-americans To Understand Or Sympathize With.