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.

I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.

One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.

I became the messenger who had to be killed

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.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.