"I learned to put my trust in God and to keep on going."

"I knew someone had to take the first step and I was just one of those people."

"I had felt for a long time that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so."

"The only way to stop discrimination is to stand up to it."

"The driver said, 'If you don't stand up, I'm going to call the police and have you arrested.' I said, 'You may do that.'"