In August 2003, she gave the first telephone interview after not talking to reporters in about 20 years. Although Wilkerson agreed that mistakes were made, she maintained many of the ideas that she supported in the 1960s.
In August 2003, Wilkerson conducted her first phone conversation with reporters after a nearly two-decade silence. Despite acknowledging mistakes, she continued to endorse several ideas she had championed during the 1960s.