My message is simple. My first concern is that African Americans have not been cursed by God and that they have enormous potential as people on this earth. But we've been beaten down ... and we're not near close to fulfilling the natural practice [of freedom]. We have to be the moral voice that has to stand up and make a difference out of the oppression.

Religion should be the basis of empowering people, in giving a new sense of hope and meaning and allow them to reach the fullness of the human potential. -Rev. Dr. Cain Hope Felder