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

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

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

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

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

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

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.