The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman

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

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

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

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