The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.

Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.

We must dissent from the fear.

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

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.