Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.

Young children give us glimpses of some things that are eternal.

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.

Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see.

You have to remember. . .that for this little boy whom you have met, his life is just as important to him, as your life is to you. No matter how insufficient or how shabby it may seem to some, it is the only one he has.

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.