There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

Hope is an echo hope ties itself yonder yonder.

The result of teaching small parts of a large number of subjects is the passive reception of disconnected ideas, not illumed with any spark of vitality.

Feminism is not only for women It's something everyone can participate in, and evolve together, as the first step in the right direction. I see feminism as a tool to achieve that balance and peace.

Now I am going back And I have ripped my hand From your hand as I said I would And I have made it this far.

I'm not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower.

Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours.

This is the best night of my life. And it's going to get better.

In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there.

The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.