In Her Own Words: "As I stepped out into the street..." (audio 5 of 5)

"As I stepped out into the street, the people who had been across the street started surging forward behind me. So, I headed in the opposite direction to where there was another bus stop. Safety to me meant getting to that bus stop. It seemed like I sat there for a long time before the bus came. In the meantime, people were screaming behind me what I would have described as a crowd before, to my ears sounded like a mob."

• "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