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

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.

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

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.

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

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