An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant. An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary is irrelevant.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Anyone and anything can survive the daylight. It's night that's the hardest to live.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Artists, especially writers, great writers, are the most honest people I know. There are deep confessions in their words. And if we're strong enough to expose the spaces between them, we find truths there also.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

As an artist, one of the toughest things to do is getting someone to understand why you think the way you think. And as much as I don't want to care what they think about my thinking, it comes down to making them understand or watching them leave.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Autumn. The grace in letting dead things fall.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Beautiful breezes in ugly parts of town give hope to those who want to be free.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Because when the night gets here, I’ll be the youngest I’ll ever be again, so I will laugh and celebrate relative youth.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Because you thought love was just going to be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over.

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they?

— Darnell Lamont Walker