In a composite nation like ours, as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny.
— Frederick Douglass
"A few weeks ago, I would have told black high school students there was a justice system that would protect them.
After . . ., I cannot tell them that they're not being discriminated against because they're black. I can't tell them that anymore, because I don't believe it anymore. It's horribly painful. It makes me want to weep."