It was amazing to hear from and about different people from different walks of life and the impression she left upon them. All her work they're studying now is a part of history.

The bus boycott was instrumental in the desegregation in the community. It is unbelievable the atrocities people were living with in that day. The book tells of some of the harrowing experiences they had but I believe most of the boycotters knew the risk of their participation.

It is like a documentary because she has it written day-by-day and incident-by-incident. She was a professor of English. Her writing is wonderful, wonderful writing.

The family that is left never considered what she was doing as historically significant. I had short notice and had to get ready in a hurry. I was so excited. It was like I was going to the Academy Awards.

I think it's horrible because so many people are going to miss those first two days of class. For some courses it's mandatory to go to the first day, like labs and things. This is terrible planning.

Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone.