Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and the so-called 'they' - you can never get around it. — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same… — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned… — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption. — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are poor folks - people without resources or options. — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but… — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and… — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you… — Henry Hampton Copy Share Image
