"We need to remove the barriers that separate us."

"There were times when it would have been easy to give up and give in, but I was determined to hold my ground."

"I am just a person who believes in freedom and equality."

"The day-to-day work of fighting for civil rights was hard."

"I felt that I had a right to stay where I was. I just felt that I had been there long enough, and I was not going to move."