I Cannot Accept This Invitation [to Celebrate

Some Years Ago I Said In An Opinion That If This Country Is A Melting Pot, Then Either The Afro-americans Didn't Get In The Pot Or He Didn't Get Melted Down.

Ending Racial Discrimination In Jury Selection Can Be Accomplished Only By Eliminating Peremptory Challenges Entirely.

[t]he Constitution Was A Product Of Its Times. [progressive]

We Must Dissent From The Indifference. We Must Dissent From The Apathy. We Must Dissent From The Fear, The Hatred And The Mistrust. We Must Dissent From A Nation That Has Buried Its Head In The Sand, Waiting In Vain For The Needs Of Its Poor, Its Elderly, And Its Sick To Disappear And Just Blow Away. We Must Dissent From A Government That Has Left Its Young Without Jobs, Education Or Hope. We Must Dissent From The Poverty Of Vision And The Absence Of Moral Leadership. We Must Dissent Because America Can Do Better, Because America Has No Choice But To Do Better.

Today's Constitution Is A Realistic Document Of Freedom Only Because Of Several Corrective Amendments. Those Amendments Speak To A Sense Of Decency And Fairness That I And Other Blacks Cherish.