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.

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

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.