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

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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.

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not...

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.