I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

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 want to be treated like a human being.

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

Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.