The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

My Dearest Julianne, Thank you for your immeasurable gift.The only thing I have of value is my heart.It’s yours, Gabriel.

Most often when I stammerThat's my brainCorrecting my grammer.

Sometimes it's easier not to think about things you can't do anything about.

When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family.

Possessions are a way of turning money into problems.

The only church that illuminates is a burning church.

God's Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.

Most power is lost in one's own mind by thinking negative thoughts, by worrying about the future, by focusing on the past, as opposed to thinking positive, strong, and happy thoughts.

Intimacy is the principal source of the sugars which this life is sweetened!