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

At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.

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

I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.

There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as long as people are not free, there will be work to do. As long as an elderly person is attacked or in need of support, there is work to do. As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.

As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man's inhumanity to man, regardless - there is much to be done, and people need to work together.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.