Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

We must dissent from the fear.

To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for the individual freedoms and human rights, we hold as fundamental today.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.

Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.