Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not an emotional relationship. — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
You have to be a whole, dignified, self-respecting person in order to be an English teacher or whatever kind of job your education would prepare you for, and I just knew that segregation was wrong, and I knew that I… — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders. — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
There is a source of power in each of us that we don't realize until we take responsibility. — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
I don't think my grandmother would ever be convinced, but my family was convinced that I was convinced, and actually, they came around. My… — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not… — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
It was clear to me that if we allowed the Freedom Ride to stop at that point, just after so much violence had been… — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
You have to be a whole, dignified, self-respecting person in order to be an English teacher or whatever kind of job your education would… — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
Traveling in the segregated South for black people was humiliating. The very fact that there were separate facilities was to say to black people… — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
