All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

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.

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

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

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

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.