I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.