“I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.” — Nat King Cole Quote

“I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.”

“The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?”

“I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.”

“Many African smallholder farmers did not share in the 'green revolution' productivity gains driven by modern seeds and techniques, irrigation, and greater fertilizer use in Asia and Latin America in the 1960s.”

“As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color.”

“I've been doing African dance all my life.”