Claudette was a very pivotal person. She really gave moral courage to Mrs. Parks and to me and other people who were involved in the movement.

We were able to build a movement on her foundation of courage. It's a model of how we should go forward addressing our challenges today.

I remember people questioning JPAC using the old Marshall building because of the demographics of the neighborhood.

If a black boy in Montgomery, Ala., in the '50s can see (segregation) and be willing to take a step - and, with a whole lot of help from a whole lot of people all along the way, has been able to make a difference - you can do the same.

If there had been no E.D. Nixon to get into the ruts and gullies and try to do something when it was very unpopular, things would not have been accomplished.

Like the name, Irish Ale, it's nothing fancy, just a great tasting sweet, caramel-y beer.