If The Time Is Not Ripe, We

When You're A Black Woman, You Seldom Get To Do What You Just Want To Do; You Always Do What You Have To Do.

We Had People Of All Backgrounds Coming Together - All Races, All Creeds, All Colors, All Status In Life. And Coming Together There Was A Kind Of Quiet Dignity And A Kind Of Sense Of Caring And A Feeling Of Joint Responsibility.

We Have To See That All Of Us Are In The Same Boat.

Progress Comes From Caring More About What Needs To Be Done Than About Who Gets The Credit

My Mother Helped Me Understand How Not To Show Off What I Knew, But How To Use It So That Others Might Benefit.