I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.
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The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.
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My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.
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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.
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