We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

The only position for women in SNCC is prone.

I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me