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

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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,...

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...

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.

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.

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

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.

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration -...

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration -...

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...

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...

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.

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

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

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in...

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in...

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...

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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...