We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.

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.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

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

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