But what he wanted was a voice in national leadership.
We now turn to the role of national leadership in the events that morning.
"We'll have a national leadership that looks quite different in a couple of years."
This year, he said, "we can change our national and local political leadership."
"A whole range of options will be available to the national leadership after that."
He did not provide national leadership in time of crisis, nor act as a role model for his people.
He was brought to Washington to provide national educational leadership.
None of the available leaders hold out any promise for national leadership.
What do you think of the current national black leadership?
"I think the court is now assuming a position of national leadership."