If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present he must begin with the past

We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all.

My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

I am very fortunate, and I never stopped being thankful.