I Will No Longer Act On The

My Only Concern Was To Get Home After A Hard Day's Work.

Black Women Are Very Capable Of Leading Our Organizations. I Believe That Firmly.

I'm Tired Of Being Treated Like A Second-class Citizen.

There Were Times When It Would Have Been Easy To Fall Apart Or To Go In The Opposite Direction, But Somehow I Felt That If I Took On More Step, Someone Would Come Along To Join Me.

Every Day Before Supper And Before We Went To Services On Sundays. My Grandmother Would Read The Bible To Me, And My Grandfather Would Pray. We Even Had Devotions Before Going To Pick Cotton In The Fields. Prayer And The Bible, Became A Part Of My Everyday Thoughts And Beliefs. I Learned To Put My Trust In God And To Seek Him As My Strength.