The Poet Melvin B. Tolson Once Said

The Nature Of Tragedy And Accident Is That We Cannot Predict.

But Nonviolence Was Never For The Oppressor; It Was For The Oppressed.

We All Have Our Muses. My Grandmother And My Mother Are The People I Write For. I'll Never Have To Worry About Who Buys My Work, Or Who Likes It, And Who Doesn't. The People Who I Want To Be Proud Of Me Already Are.

Black Americans Should Be Given Credit For Finding Probably The Perfect Weapon; The Weapon Of The Song. And That Song Continues. Most Holocausts Don't, So They Have This Bitterness Left Over. The Phenomenon Of The World, As Far As Black Americans Are Considered, Is That We Are Not A Bitter People.

We Need To Make Sure Our Children Travel To See Things. Not Necessarily Long Distances But At Least Out Of The Neighborhood. On A Train. A Boat. An Airplane.