"I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons had taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice."

"My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work."

"There were times when it would have been easy to give up, but I knew that if I did, others would suffer."

"The driver said, 'If you don't stand up, I'm going to call the police and have you arrested.' I said, 'You may do that.'"

"I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it anymore."