[O]ur revolt was as much against the traditional black leadership structure as it was against segregation and discrimination.

Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.

The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.

I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond, because of the quality of our demand and our sense of moral authority.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.