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Clarence Thomas Honors Grandparents’ Self-Reliance Lessons

8/20/2026

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Justice Clarence Thomas vowed to honor his grandparents during a stage discussion with Peter Robinson.
Thomas said his grandparents raised him in segregated Savannah, Georgia after his father left when he was seven.
He noted his grandfather Myers Anderson had nine months of schooling and his grandmother Christine Anderson finished only sixth grade.
He linked his grandparents' self-reliance lessons to economist Thomas Sowell’s emphasis on attitude.

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Justice Clarence Thomas vowed to honor his grandparents during a stage discussion with Peter Robinson.
Thomas said his grandparents raised him in segregated Savannah, Georgia after his father left when he was seven.
He noted his grandfather Myers Anderson had nine months of schooling and his grandmother Christine Anderson finished only sixth grade.
He linked his grandparents' self-reliance lessons to economist Thomas Sowell’s emphasis on attitude.