Jeanne learned early in life interracial dating interests met societal frowns. She often encountered outright hostility for her academic success at elite public universities. Later in her legal career, some of her reports felt comfortable challenging her on her dating and personal choices. And like many Black women, her hair…

My first conscious memories of racism began in high school in San Antonio when a Latino student would regularly mock me, claiming that I have big lips. Later in life, a police stop in New York City was, by far, the most disturbing experience.