As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.

There is a thin line between politics and theatricals.

You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.