A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person who does not vote is failing to serve the cause of freedom - his own freedom, his people's freedom, and his country's freedom.

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 through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.

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

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 critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

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

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