Fred Gray Quotes (11 Quotes)

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.

It's something that gets in your blood. I wish more young, married people would devote time to officiating and working with young people. People like myself are not going to be around forever.

I don't understand his point. I understand my point and that's to use my skills and talent as I do with every case, this one's like the others, nothing more, nothing less.

All of us would like to see our men and women in the armed services come home. All of us would like to see all of these wars ended around the globe. But you know what Somebody decided to change the regime and the government in Iraq. Whether you agree with it or don't agree, that's beside the point. That was the decision that was made. Then there was a plan... . Not only did they have a plan, they executed the plan, whether you agree with it or not.

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.

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.

Like the name, Irish Ale, it's nothing fancy, just a great tasting sweet, caramel-y beer.

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.

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.

My interest and my concern is not so much to ... commemorate what happened 50 years ago but to look at where we are now. We have to realize racism is not going to go away by itself.

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.