September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

Terrorism is not new to black people.

My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.

What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.