- Elaine Thorpe Cox: ‘I just wanted to be accepted as another human being.’
- Harold Knowles: ‘It was worth the price.’
- Marilyn Holifield: 'The power of the inner spirit can triumph today.'
- Phillip Hadley: He gave up football for academics.
- Melodee Thompson: ‘I enjoy being around people who aren’t like me.’
- Keith Neyland : He was first to play varsity football and basketball.
- Mahlon C. Rhaney, Jr. : ‘My folks taught us we were as good as anybody.’
- C.B. ‘Rick’ Williams: ‘My friends – and family – made life worth living.’