During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since

Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant