It Doesn't Have To Glitter To Be

I Would Like To Flood South Africa With Black Personages Of All Sorts Of Persuasions: Writers, Educators, Businessmen, You Name It. If You Are Black And Have Any Clout At All, I Would Like To See You Go To South Africa And Look For Yourself And Come Back And Try To Use The Tools That You Have At Your Command To Try And Help The Brothers Down There.

Drummed Into Me, Above All, By My Dad, By The Whole Family, Was That Without Your Good Name, You Would Be Nothing.

Racism Is Not An Excuse To Not Do The Best You Can.

Having Grown Up In A Segregated Environment In The South I Know What It's Like To Be Stepped On, I Know What It's Like Also To See Some Black Hero Do Well In The Face Of Adversity.

True Heroism Is Remarkably Sober, Very Undramatic. It Is Not The Urge To Surpass All Others At Whatever Cost, But The Urge To Serve Others At Whatever Cost.