It made me work that much harder, or let me know I would have to work that much harder in an integrated society. After that, it wasn't strange for me to be the only black in the computer department.

These guys went home and called their brothers from Kansas City (Missouri). Their brothers got in contact with us and several other blacks in Missouri, and they said, 'You guys run like you normally do down this certain street, and we're going to be waiting and put a stop to all this.

It was the first time I saw somebody get knocked out, and his legs were just shaking. I was afraid he'd killed him.