“Malcolm was a firm believer in the value and importance of our heritage. He believed that we have valuable and distinct cultural traditions which need to be institutionalized so that they can be passed on to our heirs.”

I wish you power that equals your intelligence and your strength. I wish you success that equals your talent and determination. And I wish you faith.

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you and respect yourself.

Have I gotten any threats? All I get is threats. I get at least six or seven a day.

Two young doctors – one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth – invited me to go to Mecca in my husband’s stead. And that is what helped put me back on track.

Find the good and celebrate it.

Most people cant’ deal with reality, but indulge heavily in fantasy and fear.

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?

Reparations would mean the end of scarfing hot dogs on the Fourth of July while denying the facts of our heritage.

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.

You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don’t want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don’t want them to judge other people or to be judged.

I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,

I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.

The name of ‘reform’ simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.