Quote

I was involved in the anti-war movement.

I was opposed to World War II, and indeed on June 22, 1941 when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union I suddenly found myself the lone supporter of peace since everybody else had, because of their communist beliefs, shifted over to become supporters of the war.

It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.

I would have felt ashamed if I had not been part of the resistance and part of fighting back against the forces of the state.

I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler.

I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.