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I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.
I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.
Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.
Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.
In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.
I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving... →
I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a... →
There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.
Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.
How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.
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