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

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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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

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

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

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.

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 soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

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 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.

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...

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 -...

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...

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

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

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...

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.