I knew that in order to make a more lasting impact, to be on a show that people would watch on a regular basis, I would have to change my thinking.

You can't separate the phenomenal birth of unionism in the United States of America from the Pullman porters. This same small group of men, who grew to be 10,000 strong, was also the organizational foundation for the civil rights movement and all of the gains that were made in the '40s and the '50s. That, and the black church.

I'm never going to be an improv comedian.

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