You Know, People'd Always Ask

We Went Across The South On Super Tuesday Without A Single Catcall Or Boo, Without A Single Ugly Sign. Not Until We Got To New York And The North Did The Litmus Test Of Race And Religion Spout From The Mouths Of Public Officials.

When The Doors Of Opportunity Swing Open, We Must Make Sure That We Are Not Too Drunk Or Too Indifferent To Walk Through.

We Must Face The No. 1 Critical Issue Of Our Day. It Is Youth Crime In General And Black-on-black Crime In Particular. There Is Nothing More Painful To Me At This Stage In My Life Than To Walk Down The Street And Hear Footsteps And Start Thinking About Robbery. Then Look Around And See Somebody White And Feel Relieved. After All We Have Been Through, Just To Think We Can't Walk Down Our Own Streets, How Humiliating.

What's Good For Blacks Is Good For All Of America.

There Is Nothing More Painful To Me At This Stage In My Life Than To Walk Down The Street And Hear Footsteps... Then Look Around And See Somebody White And Feel Relieved.