My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

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

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.

If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done.

We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

We have to realize we are building a movement.