Teaching Has Always Been, For

The First Thing I Did [in Michigan] Was Join A Picket Line Of A Pizzeria In Ann Harbor In 1963 That Didn't Allow African Americans To Eat There.

All That Means To Me Is That People Who Have A Vision Of A Better World Have A Responsibility To Open Their Eyes, To Pay Attention, To Act On What The Moment Demands, And To Be Humble About That Action.

After I Had Known [barack Obama] For A While, I Remember Saying To My Partner, "you Know, This Guy Is Really Ambitious, I Think He Wants To Be Mayor Of Chicago." That Was The Limit Of My Imagination.

I See [lyndon] Johnson As The War In Vietnam, And The Invasion Of The Dominican Republic And So On. So I'm Not A Liberal In That Sense, Because I Think Of Liberals As Part Of That Establishment.

It's The Height Of The Cold War, But I Grew Up In Apolitical Family And Politics Wasn't On The Agenda.