Occupation: Minister Birth: October 3, 1954
I just released an op-ed in the "Washington Post" that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social securit….
We`re going to continue to move forward and fight. I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every i….
I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known..
I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, ….
On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Mart….
Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit….
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride t….
I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of d….
First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look at some of the appointments,….
I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.We`re looking forward to the appoint….
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan..
Some issues you just - you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others..
James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably..
America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating..
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing..
Life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values..
I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the lo….
I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending..
I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides..
The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house..
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance..