“Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.”

Every time I go to these racial forums, it is people who are alike, or it is progressives and liberals. So I said, ‘At some point, we’ve got to bring the progressives and the liberals and the conservatives together.’

At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.

When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.

We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we’re not careful, it’ll overtake us, and we’ll self-destruct.

Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.

My father literally fought his entire life to ensure the inclusion of all people because he understood that we were intertwined and connected together in humanity.

Do we want to be successful, or do we just want to make noise just to make it? Or just to put something on the record? I’ll be honest with you, I’m tired of putting stuff on the record. I’m ready to see some real transformation and change.

My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.

What I’m trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, ‘We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we’re going to perish as fools.’

Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.

In addition to a stronger focus on better training for law enforcement, America urgently needs programs to provide jobs and educational opportunities in economically depressed communities.

Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.

Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.

Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King’s daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn’t bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.

I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.

The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.