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

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

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

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

In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

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