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

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

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.