BUT LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE REWARDS OF IT, ALL RIGHT? ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MUST HAVE FELT GOOD ABOUT IS, PRESIDENT JOHNSON CALLING FOR…

Oh, I did. When I, I was, I was alone in my bedroom when President Johnson gave that speech, the "We Shall Overcome speech," is what we call it, and I was talking to the television. I kept saying, "They finally got the message. They finally got the message." And I was saying, "Oh, this is great. This is great." Then he would say, "We shall overcome, and we shall overcome." And I just, you know, I had nobody to talk to because I was alone. The kids—I think the kids might have been asleep—but you know, here I was, in my bedroom, just feeling such a great thrill. You know, to have the President, you know, saying these things, which I thought the whole nation would somehow begin to feel. And I think that did happen. that was a great moment for us.