When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea.

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By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.

By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina.

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina.

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to...

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to...

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take...

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take...

King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and...

King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and...

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as...

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as...

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case...

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case...

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre...

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre...

Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

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

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

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug,...

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug,...

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

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

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a...

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a...