–Born: Pin Point, Ga., June 23, 1948, a descendant of slaves.
-Moved in with grandparents Myers and Christine Anderson, Savannah, Ga., 1955.
-Attended St. John Vianney’s Minor Seminary in Savannah and Conception Seminary College, Conception, Mo., 1964-68.
-Married Kathy Grace Ambush, 1971; separated 1981, divorced 1984.
-Graduated cum laude, College of the Holy Cross, 1971
-Graduated Yale Law School, 1974
-Assistant attorney general, state of Missouri, 1974-77
-Lawyer, Monsanto Co., St. Louis, 1977-79
-Legislative assistant, Sen. John Danforth, 1979-81
-Assistant secretary of education for the Office of Civil Rights, 1981-82
-Chairman, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-90
-Married Virginia Lamp, 1987.
-Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1990-91
-Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1991-present
