It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.

Many of these Americans who are struggling to survive are Americans of color, .. Their cries for assistance confront America with a test of our moral compass as a nation.

Today House Republicans are doing what they always do - using taxpayers' money to continue investigating claims that have already been debunked just to keep them in the headlines one more day.

People want transparency in government.

The American people have a right to know that, when Donald Trump's making decisions, they are being made in their best interests without him lining his pockets.

African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.

All you have to do is follow the money and if you follow the money, it leads right back to Donald Trump's pockets.

I intend to put up with nothing that I can put

A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE...AND THE SENATE.

Let your memory be your travel bag.

I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint

But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion.

desire is a beast that must be fed!

A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a noose.

Anyone who has a choice and doesn't choose to write is a fool. The work is hard, the perks are few, the pay is terrible, and the product, when it's finally finished, is pure joy.

In my latter years I've decided that there's too much to keep track of when you go into the lying game. That becomes stressful and it's not for me anymore.