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

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

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

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

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

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.