Constance Baker Motley

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.

I'm thankful I don't have parents that I feel I need to get their attention. They've always been there for me.