Some places will accommodate you in the back of the bus, some places will accommodate you in the front of the bus. And that's the way is was for Hamp. After they couldn't do anything else, they admitted him. But they said as far as a place to stay and all that, you're on your own. He was a nice, young man.
Somebody has to fight for the struggle for civil rights.
It's just that simple. I got the chance to have several short conversations with him, and from that, I was able to tell that he was a really nice and intelligent guy. I regret never talking to him more than the few times I did, and looking back, I've always seen it as my loss for not making a stronger effort. I really wish I had. Most people ignored him in class, and he was treated just like any other person you didn't know even though everyone in the class knew exactly who he was.