“I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for bla...” — W. E. B. Du Bois Quote

I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.

All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.

Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.

Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.

Women in business are talented leaders who can share their skills as trainers, mentors and advocates.

The U.S. should prohibit perpetrators and supporters of Islamist brutality from entering the country while embracing advocates for religious freedom. End of story.

Despite the fact that important measures such as the Americans with Disabilities Act passed only with crucial Republican support, the public - and the community of disability advocates - normally identifies this issue with the Democratic party.

I never grew up a runner. I never thought of myself as somebody that was fit or somebody that could advocate for that and then the more people kind of have caught onto it, it's inspired me to keep going, the more I keep doing it. And it's just kind of become something that I really like and I think it's relatable in the sense of I'm not an athlete.