Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

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

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

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

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

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

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