Yolanda King Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. In a twenty-four-minute-long speech, she brought up the presidential election of that year, and also quoted the words of Bobby Kennedy by recalling his line which he took from George Bernard Shaw, that of "Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?". During a presentation in May 2000, King was asked if the human race would ever become "color blind". In response, she pushed for "the goal" to be "color acceptance." Following the September 11 attacks, King spoke in North
Never Say Never (Brandy album) gave the album a two-star honorable mention and picked out its three songs ("The Boy Is Mine", "U Don't Know Me" and "Almost Doesn't Count") while describing Brandy as "America's sweetheart, and why not?" "Never Say Never" debuted at number three on the "Billboard" 200, the official albums chart in the United States, on June 16, 1998. Selling approximately 160,000 units in its first week of release, it opened to Norwood's biggest week sales yet and, as of 2016, still retains the largest first-week seller within her discography. The following week, the album managed to climb up to its peak