At the same time, he and his family passed into white society.

"To be black in a white society is not to stand on level and equal ground," he said.

The idea was to make them part of white society.

But this an all or nothing society, completely black and white without any shades of gray that I can find so far.

A couple of the people spoke candidly about growing up black in a white society.

Yet without them to do the hard labor, white society would be crippled.

Repeatedly, their lost opportunity turned out to be nothing more or less than a failure of white society to give.

It matters in American society whether you grow up black or white.

I would be able to confront white society on its own terms.

The way he saw it, white society looks out for itself.