1944 • American • Activist
I suffer from a genetic flaw, which is that my mother was a hopeless Pollyanna.
I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite.
I was a militant.
I was involved in the anti-war movement.
I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans.
I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled.