I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

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

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.