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

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

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

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

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

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.