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

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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.

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

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

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal...

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal...

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 becaThe...

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 becaThe...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to...

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to...

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not...

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not...

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...

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

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.

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...