If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never did and it never will. Dr. Howard L. Fuller quotes Frederick Douglass frequently, and with good reason. Last year, Fuller amplified that call for fundamental change by bringing together a group of emerging leaders from African-American communities across the country and forming a new black leadership organization, the Black Alliance for Educational Options. Fuller serves as the organization's first president. Prior to his tenure as Milwaukee schools superintendent, he served in a number of public service positions, including director of the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services, and dean of general education at the Milwaukee Area Technical College.