A Child Born To A Black Mother

Our Constitution Is The Envy Of The World, As It Should Be For It Is The Grand Design Of The Finest Nation On Earth.

We Can Always Stick Together When We Are Losing, But Tend To Find Means Of Breaking Up When We're Winning. In Grace Under Pressure, By Hastie, 1984.

I Wish I Could Say That Racism And Prejudice Were Only Distant Memories... We Must Dissent From The Indifference. We Must Dissent From The Apathy. We Must Dissent From The Fear, The Hatred And The Mistrust... We Must Dissent Because America Can Do Better, Because America Has No Choice But To Do Better.

Some Years Ago I Said In An Opinion That If This Country Is A Melting Pot, Then Either The Afro-americans Didn't Get In The Pot Or He Didn't Get Melted Down.

I Cannot Accept This Invitation [to Celebrate The Bicentenial Of The Constitution], For I Do Not Believe That The Meaning Of The Constitution Was Forever 'fixed' At The Philadelphia Convention... To The Contrary, The Government They Devised Was Defective From The Start. [progressive]