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.’