"As I look back on that day, it is clear that it was a day when the hand of God was upon me."

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was tired of gi…"

"When the history of this nation is written, I hope that it will be said that we, the people, took a stand for justice and equality."

"I was a person with a sense of dignity and self-respect, and I did not want to be abused."

"To this day I wonder why I was spared that time. Many others were not."