A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person who does not vote is failing to serve the cause of freedom - his own freedom, his people's freedom, and his country's freedom.

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

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.

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

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person who does not vote is failing to serve the cause of freedom - his own freedom, his people's freedom, and his country's freedom.