“ I can never do justice to the great feeling of amazement and encouragement I felt when, perhaps for the first time in American history, white citizens of a Southern state banded together to come to Se… Amelia Boynton Robinson
“ Get off of my shoulders. The foundation has been laid, now its time for you to build on it and get to work. Amelia Boynton Robinson
“ I was brought up by people who loved others. I love people. We had no animosity. We had no feeling that we hate anyone. Amelia Boynton Robinson
“ Only until all human beings begin to recognize themselves as human beings will prejudice be gone forever. People ask me what race I am, but there is no such thing as race. I just answer: "I’m a member… Amelia Boynton Robinson
“ It’s important that young people know about the struggles we faced to get to the point we are today. Only then will they appreciate the hard-won freedom of blacks in this country. Amelia Boynton Robinson
