Some people had doubts about an African-American woman leading the congregation, but it just took one Sunday and everybody just loved her immediately.

People who don't know what it's like to be an African American don't understand that it's OK, ... I never want to be other than an African American.

As an African-American, you think of slavery as being associated with (our people). But here you realize it's everyone. Everyone could be slaves.

In English we were reading the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' and the people of African-American descent, there were only two of us in the class.

Women's teams have traditionally performed at levels a bit higher than men's teams academically, so that's not surprising. African-American student-athletes (male and female) are doing better academically than in the past.

I'm shocked that he would have the nerve to show his face in front of any African-American organization after the way they treated those people in New Orleans,