I Want To Be Treated Like A

I Had Felt For A Long Time, That If I Was Ever Told To Get Up So A White Person Could Sit, That I Would Refuse To Do So.

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

Arrest Me For Sitting On A Bus? You May Do That.

I Learned To Put My Trust In God And To See Him As My Strength. Long Ago I Set My Mind To Be A Free Person And Not To Give In To Fear. I Always Felt That It Was My Right To Defend Myself If I Could. I Have Learned Over The Years That When One's Mind Is Made Up, This Diminishes Fear; Knowing What Must Be Done Does Away With Fear.

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