Did you have to think long and hard about writing in a black voice?

It's a risky thing to do - being white and well off - to write in a black voice, especially writing in the vernacular.

"Percy was both a leading black political voice and an extremely successful editor."

But the role of black voices extends beyond that.

Out of this period stretching from the late nineteenth century to the recent past, the major black voice in America was one of accommodation.

From that foundation, he seemed poised to become one of the more visible young black voices in Congress.

It would be good to have more distinctively black voices engaged in the telling of history.

In our film, the black voice is represented by this character.

He spoke, a black voice on this pallid night.

"I felt strongly that we were losing a strong black voice," she said.