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

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.

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

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

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

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

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