I Was Ready To Die But Give

People Have Said Over The Years That The Reason I Did Not Give Up My Seat Was Because I Was Tired. I Did Not Think Of Being Physically Tired. My Feet Were Not Hurting. I Was Tired In A Different Way. I Was Tired Of Seeing So Many Men Treated As Boys And Not Called By Their Proper Names Or Titles. I Was Tired Of Seeing Children And Women Mistreated And Disrespected Because Of The Color Of Their Skin. I Was Tired Of Jim Crow Laws, Of Legally Enforced Racial Segregation.

Racism Is Still With Us. But It Is Up To Us To Prepare Our Children For What They Have To Meet, And, Hopefully, We Shall Overcome.

Why Do You All Push Us Around?

If I Stayed Angry At Other People, I Would Miss Finding Friends Among Those I Was Angry With.

What Really Matters Is Not Whether We Have Problems, But How We Go Through Them. We Must Keep Going On To Make It Through Whatever We Are Facing.