The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.

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

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

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

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