Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

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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...

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...

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

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

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.

King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and...

King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

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

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

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.