You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action

I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.

Working in a situation with men and women, and seeing women take on roles equal to the roles taken by men made you understand that, "Hey, these people can do things too." And I think it made me and other people in the movement realize that we're living in a community of equals. And that among those equals, they have equal rights. And we ought to respect their rights if they respected ours.