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 thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian.

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.