When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

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

I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.

People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race. It would be a good thing if all people were treated equally and justly and not be discriminated against because of race or religion or anything that makes them different from others.

Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.

I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

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.