"I was not the only person who had been mistreated and humiliated. I was not the only person who had been arrested for this sort of thing. I was just one of many."

"The time had come for someone to take a stand, and I decided that I would be that someone."

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

"Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome."

"I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is any such thing as complete happiness."