Racial Pride And Self-dignity Were

I Have Learned Over The Years That When One's Mind Is Made Up, This Diminishes Fear; Knowing What Must Be Done Does Away With Fear.

I Have Spent Over Half My Life Teaching Love And Brotherhood, And I Feel That It Is Better To Continue To Try To Teach Or Live Equality And Love Than It Would Be To Have Hatred Or Prejudice. Everyone Living Together In Peace And Harmony And Love - That’s The Goal That We Seek, And I Think That The More People There Are Who Reach That State Of Mind, The Better We Will All Be.

Without A Vision The People Perish, But Without Courage Dreams Die.

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.

People Always Say That I Didn’t Give Up My Seat Because I Was Tired, But That Isn’t True. No, The Only Tired I Was, Was Tired Of Giving In.