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When did you decide to become a lawyer? Why?

Specifically, my first semester of sophomore year at Morehouse College, after I finally realized I was not going to be a professional baseball or football player. I had no more excuses to avoid the books, and lifting my GPA above a dismal 1.8. I needed a goal, and law school and law seemed like good ones. Also, at Morehouse ambition, inspiration and drive are contagious.

More generally, I became aware of the larger world around me a few years before, in 1968. That was an incredible year, packed with the MLK and RFK assassinations, Vietnam, LBJ’s withdrawal, the demonstrations outside the Democratic convention in Chicago, the Nixon/Humphrey/Wallace election, and, finally, Apollo 8. We got a color TV that year and I was captivated by it all, and was oriented then to believe that a citizen should want to be part of national and world events occurring around him.

Starting out, what did you expect from a career in the law?

I expected to serve the public and obtain justice for the underserved. I learned that there are several ways tha

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