So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.

Therapists are less likely to perceive a black woman as sad; instead they see her as angry or anxious.

Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests.

With Donald Trump, you know, what I would tell you is that he's got shelf life like I never would have guessed.

You just have to be strong if you're a black woman.

Once it's everybody's responsibility and not just the household's we start making better investments.

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception.

I had a friend say to me the other day, I hate when I see Jonathan Metzl on your show because I know it's bad news. I know that there has been a shooting.

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.

From 2001 to 2012 at least 6,410 women were murdered by an intimate partner using a gun. That's more than the number of U.S. troops killed in action in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional leaders.

We are only midway through the central verse of our youth when we see ourselves begin to blacken. ... We had been seduced into thinking that we were immortal and suddenly the affair is over.

As an actor in-between jobs, it can be hard to stay motivated when you feel like you future is always in someone else's hands. You are always waiting for someone to look at you and say "YES."

The energy problems that we face today were built up over a long period of time and are not going to be solved overnight.

Truths physical have an origin as divine as truths religious.

A certain color tones you up. It's the concentration of timbres.

Suppose something goes wrong? Suppose you need a big full-figure woman like me to help straighten things out?" Lula

I did not make any big speeches but acted upon working against corruption.

Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income

We are not old unless we desire to be.