In Her Own Words: "On the morning of September 4..." (audio 3 of 5)

"On the morning of September 4th, my mother was doing what she usually did. My mother was making sure everybody’s hair looked right and everybody had their lunch money and their notebooks and things. But she did finally get quiet and we had family prayer. I remember my father walking back and forth. My father worked at night and normally he would have been asleep at that time, but he was awake and he was walking back and forth chomping on cigar that wasn’t lit."

• "I am Elizabeth Eckford..." (audio 1 of 5)
• "I was more concerned..." (audio 2 of 5)
• "On the morning of September 4..." (audio 3 of 5)
• "I expected I would go to school..." (audio 4 of 5)
• "As I stepped out into the street..." (audio 5 of 5)
• In Her Own Words: text-only version of her story