The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.

We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.