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

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

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

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

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.

Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're already the winner in a game that was rigged to your advantage from the start.

We continue, however, to write about important people, prize-winning people, blacks of grandeur, women of great fire, fame or wit. We do not write about ordinary people.