The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

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We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

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 was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in...

I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in...

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal...

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal...

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism.

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.

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug,...

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug,...

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my...

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my...

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

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

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 Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.

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...

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...

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

How long must the American community afford special treatment to 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...

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case...

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case...

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

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

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 becaThe...

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 becaThe...