If you push me, I may have to run against you, Mr. Mayor. And when I run, I win. - Ethel D. Allen

Franklin Roosevelt was the man, and to see him first-hand, close-up, was just… well, he was my number one man. And Mrs. Roosevelt was my number two gal.

Like most people thought about movie stars, I thought about politicians.

I had been exposed only to my relatives and white schoolmates. I spent all my spare time—virtually every day—at the Free Library… There weren’t that many children in my neighborhood, and I very seldom ventured off our block.