"There were times when it would have been easy to give up and give in, but I was determined to hold my ground."

"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."

"I had no idea when I refused to give up my seat on that Montgomery bus that my small action would help put an end to the segregation laws in the South."

"I was treated as a human being. I was not treated as a Negro."

"I was not the only person who had been mistreated and humiliated. I was not the only person who had been arrested for this sort of thing. I was just one of many."