There is so much to do, ... Ossie left a lot of work that we are still trying to finish. |
There was so much meanness in the atmosphere, ... but marvelous things pierce through the darkness of poverty and racism. You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days. |
We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are. |
We have to talk to each other and let our children know that they didn't come here suspended in midair, but that they were connected to all manner of people of substance, of ideas and history that defines and makes it easier for them to pick up the pieces and go the next step that the human race needs to go. |
we will give her the kudos that she so richly deserves. |
We've got the possibility of setting things right, |
We've got to start saying 'No further. This must stop,' |