I Was Ready To Die But Give

We Didn't Have Any Civil Rights. It Was Just A Matter Of Survival, Of Existing From One Day To The Next. I Remember Going To Sleep As A Girl Hearing The Klan Ride At Night And Hearing A Lynching And Being Afraid The House Would Burn Down.

All I Was Trying To Do Was Get Home From Work.

My Resisting Being Mistreated On The Bus Did Not Begin With That Particular Arrest…i Did A Lot Of Walking In Montgomery.

I Did Not Get On The Bus To Get Arrested. I Got On The Bus To Go Home.

The Only Tired I Was, Was Tired Of Giving In.