I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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.

The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.

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.

I want to be treated like a human being.

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.