Somehow, it always worked. Kneeling at the side of my bed and talking to the Lord made everything okay.
If my mama said not to do something, I didn't do it.
From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one.
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
It's time to get past our racial differences. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start.
My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that's what I did.
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
I believe in my prayers.
Evil isn't prejudiced. It doesn't care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It's up to you whether you give it that place.
If we're gonna get past our our racial differences, it's gonna come from our kids, but they have to be together to do that.
I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
I think that racism is ugly and so unfair, and I believe that we all need one another.
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that's a shame.
We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. I think that is very sad.
I felt like there was something I needed to do - speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.
If kids have the oportunity to come together to get to know one another, they can judge for themselves who they want their friends to be. All children should have that choice. We, as adults, shouldn't make those choices for children. That's how racism starts.
I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
When the scary subject of race is finally broached, kids want to talk and talk. It's very satisfying.
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
