...s more excited about the train trip or the shoe box full of food Ruby had prepared for me. In those days, blacks traveling on public conveyances wou... ...eat. If I didn't eat I would be subjected to a lot of questions I was not prepared to answer, so I ate a little-just enough to create a small infern... ...increase of ten dollars more per week. Howev­ er, my Plan A was that I was prepared to accept a counteroffer of half that amount, with the hope of be... ...ad together to the goal. Some years ago I created my own personal mission statement. It says: "My purpose for living is to help people realize their... ...n wait for him to corne to terms with himself and with me. I am perfectly prepared to give him the time and space to do what he needs to do. We may ... ...ex and more technological, read­ ing becomes ever more necessary. They are prepared to put in the effort for the broader goal of economic opportunity... ...e other's business. Neither (Nameless) Amos nor I were to make any public statements to the effect that we were no longer associated. But I thought ...