As the date of his confirmation hearings approach, Clarence Thomas' life and record are being examined, and even his close friends have trouble explaining why Thomas has become a minority within a minority. In his college years Thomas shared the liberal views of many bright young blacks born into a segregated Thomas after the 1964 Civil Rights Act erased the overt signs of segregation. As an undergraduate at Holy Cross, he marched in protests but he became more conservative as he studied law at Yale. After Yale he worked for a Republican State Attorney General, and by then he was expressing conservative viewpoints.
As the date of his confirmation hearings approach, Clarence Thomas' life and record are being examined, and even his close friends have trouble explaining why Thomas has become a minority within a minority. In his college years Thomas shared the liberal views of many bright young blacks born into a segregated America after the 1964 Civil Rights Act erased the overt signs of segregation. As an undergraduate at Holy Cross, he marched in protests but he became more conservative as he studied law at Yale. After Yale he worked for a Republican State Attorney General, and by then he was expressing conservative viewpoints.