My mother was pregnant with me while she was in prison. She was her own attorney, never been to law school. She was facing 300 and something odd years. One black woman, pregnant, beat the case. That just goes to show you the strength of a black woman and the strength of the oppressed.

Remember, this country had a man named J. Edgar Hoover, whose job it was to destroy the credibility of any black man coming up.

When I was a little baby, I remember that one moment of calm peace, and three minutes after that, it was on.

some other people say I also look alot like Montel williams...seriously, do I?

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

The worst of our institutions, in its worst aspect, cannot keep down energy, truthfulness, and earnest struggle for the right.