He wrote: I grew up in a family with a tradition of participation in campaigns for social justice, and I was active, as a student, in the civil rights movement at a time of great excitement and success in the early 1960s.
Escribiu: Crecín nunha familia que participaba en campañas de xustiza social e participei no movemento de dereitos civís sendo estudante a comezos da década de 1960, un tempo de grande emoción e moitos logros.