As I said often about the Black Power/Black Arts Movements: we need our history, our culture, our literature. And this is what a whole multicultural … - Cheryl Clarke

I would also say to young people, be among people as you make your decisions about the way you fight injustice, because the struggle should not be a solitary, individualist endeavor. I don't believe courage springs full-blown like Athena from the head of Zeus (pardon this descent to the Greeks.). I think it has to be developed. Develop your courage in concert with others who share your longing for change. I gained the courage to live as a lesbian because I saw other black lesbians out there in the street talking about Pride.

Lately, I find myself even more committed to feminism, especially for young women. I see it as something that could possibly save one’s life.

For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such at that of North America, is an act of resistance.