Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

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

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

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

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

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