Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.

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All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as...

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as...

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a...

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a...

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration -...

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration -...

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take...

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take...

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to...

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to...

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to...

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to...

In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got...

In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got...

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought...

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought...

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina.

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina.

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.

By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in...

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in...

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the...

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the...