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

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

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

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.

I want to be remembered as one who tried.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.