“The student leaders of the civil rights movement had shown by their example that it is not enough to merely believe in justice and equality. They had shown that one must struggle and sacrifice to achieve these things as well. They had proved that it is necessary to enter the fray and become a participant in the great contests of life or risk not having a life of consequence at all. This was a terrifying idea but an exhilarating one, too, for it implied that if one just picked up the banner and marched, one’s life might be consequential after all.”–Anthony T. Kronman