We Picked Their Cotton. We Cooked Their

Leaders Must Be Tough Enough To Fight, Tender Enough To Cry, Human Enough To Make Mistakes, Humble Enough To Admit Them, Strong Enough To Absorb The Pain, And Resilient Enough To Bounce Back And Keep On Moving.

The Black Public Sector Middle Class Teachers, Policeman, Firemen, And Post Office Workers, Those Jobs Have Been On The Decline But There Hasn't Been A Corresponding Increase In The Private Sector. What Is Especially Painful Is Government Policy Bailed Out The Banks Without Making Them Make Reinvestments For Rebuilding. The Result Is 53-million Americans Are Food Insecure, 50-million Americans Are In Poverty, 44 Million Are On Food Stamps, 26 Million Are Looking For A Job.

We Must Know The Difference Between Sweat And Tears. Sweat Is Wet. Tears Are Wet. Sweat Is Salty. Tears Are Salty. But Progress Comes Through Sweat. Progress Never Came Through Tears.

Look At The Coded Language The Right Is Using Against President Barack Obama. Openly Calling Him A Liar In Congress, Saying He Is 'not A Christian, He Was Not Born Here, He Is Not One Of Us.' That Makes Addressing Such Issues Trickier For The First African-american In The White House.

At The End Of The Day, We're Defined By Our Predicament, Not By The Sides Of Town.