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

A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person who does not vote is failing to serve the cause of freedom - his own freedom, his people's freedom, and his country's freedom.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

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

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.

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.