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

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

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.

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.

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.

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