ancestral ties, of a people who have been searching for a democracy for all these years, in every gift that i can give to my people. and to the world. and to this nation, is what i want to do to be able to perform that black-ness. this book is full of admiration for so many people who fully deserve it. and what s fascinating about it is these are people who are admired by millions of people. people like aretha franklin, martin luther king, but you give us a new set of lives to see these people who we think in a way that we know. and about dr. king, you say he is still, the greatest american ever. what s brings you to that conclusion? i ve read it, but i want the audience to hear the way that you got there. look, this is a man who did not have like abraham lake, and