We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.