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

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

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.

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

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

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

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