Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.