I'm going to try and make people realize that in order to live the life they are living, they need to have democracy, and it's being threatened.

You have to understand - I come from a neighborhood where 'The Wire' was filmed.

Our country is slowly but surely moving - and I've seen it over and over again in many instances in government - toward a culture of mediocrity.

Most people who are hating on you, they are not worried about where you are. They're worried about where you're going.

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.