"I felt that I had a right to stay where I was. I just felt that I had been there long enough, and I was not going to move."

"I knew someone had to take the first step and I was just one of those people."

"To this day I wonder why I was spared that time. Many others were not."

"It was not pre-arranged. It was a spontaneous decision."

"I am just a person who believes in freedom and equality."