“He always came home late, and he often came to bed without awakening me. Every morning, automatically, when I awakened, I would reach out and touch him, and he always would be there. Now, in the mornings, I still reach out.”
“[The NAACP is trying to organize community groups to stop the burnings.] It's kind of a church watch, like a neighborhood watch, ... Also, being sure that people who represent us in office make strong and positive statements that that must stop.”
“The NAACP has always believed in integration of the public schools. But a debate has been raging as to whether that's still the position we should take.”
“Coretta, Betty and I had a very special relationship. We were known as 'the widows of.' And we often talked among ourselves about how difficult it was to be 'the widows' - the public expectations of us, our expectations of ourselves and, first and foremost, how to be the best parents to our children without their fathers.”
