"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people."

"I was treated as a human being. I was not treated as a Negro."

"I do not know how I will be remembered, but I hope that I will be remembered as a person who was concerned with human dignity and freedom."

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

"I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving in."