When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats, I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.

If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.

You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. I had decided that I would have to know once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen.

When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.