"There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society." ― Constance Baker Motley Topic(s): Society More From Constance Baker Motley "I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has." "I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life." "We Americans entered a new phase in our history – the era of integration – in 1954." More In Society "Evolution is a bankrupt speculative philosophy, not a scientific fact. Only a spiritually bankrupt society could ever believe it. Only atheists could accept this Satanic theory."― Jimmy Swaggart "I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor."― Ishmael Reed "Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on."― Robert Kennedy