Marriage Is No Way Of

I Didn't Run Into Racism Until We Moved To Nassau When I Was Ten And A Half, But It Was Vastly Different From The Kind Of Horrendous Oppression That Black People In Miami Were Under When I Moved There At 15. I Found Florida An Antihuman Place.

I Learned To Hear Silence. That's The Kind Of Life I Lived: Simple. I Learned To See Things In People Around Me, In My Mom, Dad, Brothers And Sisters.

Mine Was An Easy Ride Compared To Jackie Robinson's.

As A Man, I've Been Representative Of The Values I Hold Dear. And The Values I Hold Dear Are Carryovers From The Lives Of My Parents.

I Had To Satisfy The Action Fans, The Romantic Fans, The Intellectual Fans. It Was A Terrific Burden.