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

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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...

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 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,...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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 -...

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...