" Like many people of color, discrimination was, and often still is, a part of my daily life. And I, like others, will always confront such issues with the love and compassion my faith demands. It is my hope that those of us who are called by the name of Christ will be in the forefront of stamping out the notion that no person, regardless of race, creed or color, is better than another. "

― Larnelle Harris , Shaped Notes: How Ordinary People with Extraordinary Gifts Influenced My Life and Career