“My race needs no special defense for the past history of them and this country. It proves them to be equal of any people anywhere. All they need is an equal chance in the battle of life.”

- Rep. Robert Smalls

"Speak up. Speak out and get in the way. Get in trouble. Good trouble. NECESSARY trouble.”

- John Lewis

Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”

- Ida B Wells

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

- Harriet Tubman

Facts are stubborn things.

Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance is why funding arts and humanities matters. We have Kendrick because his teacher introduced him to poetry and writing.

Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem

It seems that a lot of people voted for the parent they had, rather than voting for the parent they deserved.

3/ Aid groups and government officials say they’ve never faced a catastrophe this sudden and extensive.

Here's a stark example from a group of malnutrition clinics in Sudan.