I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.

Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my grandfather would pray. We even had devotions before going to pick cotton in the fields. Prayer and the Bible, became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength.

I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. I had decided that I would have to know once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen.

When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.

There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues and be aware of the politics of our country. We will really be set back if people don't take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.