In a deeply personal memoir, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals his exceptional journey from the depths of poverty in the segregated Deep South to his position at the heights of American jurisprudence. But his journey to the highest court in the land began a long way from the nation's capital, during a time of limited opportunity and incredible hardship for blacks in America. For the first time this most private of public figures shares his remarkable story, in his own words as from
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