So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. That ain't nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

I've never seen an effective boycott that didn't work.

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.

We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!