"I wanted to join them, but I was not so sure of myself. I had seen my father and my aunt and my neighbors talk about the trial, and how they felt about it. But I had never thought about it in the way they did. That day, for the first time, I realized what it meant to grow up. It was not about being able to do things, it was about seeing things differently, seeing the world for what it truly was, and having the courage to do something about it."