Claudette was a very pivotal person. She really gave moral courage to Mrs. Parks and to me and other people who were involved in the movement.

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If a black boy in Montgomery, Ala., in the '50s can see (segregation) and be willing to take a step - and, with a whole lot of help from a whole lot of people all along the way, has been able to make a difference - you can do the same.

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We were able to build a movement on her foundation of courage. It's a model of how we should go forward addressing our challenges today.

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During the time that her husband, Dr. King, was spotlighted as the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott, Mrs. King played a major role in caring for their small children and in supporting Dr. King in all of his endeavors.

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If there had been no E.D. Nixon to get into the ruts and gullies and try to do something when it was very unpopular, things would not have been accomplished.

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I try to bring to the attention of this community and our black youth that there are black cowboys and we ride second to none.

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I remember people questioning JPAC using the old Marshall building because of the demographics of the neighborhood.

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After Dr. King's death, Mrs. King was determined to perpetuate the legacy of her husband, by serving as the founder and president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change. She continued to carry on his work of non-violence and social change under some very strenuous and adverse conditions.

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