Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson became the second woman confirmed to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the first ever African American in 2010.

"To me it’s still disgraceful that I’m only the second woman to ever be on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. ... I’m two, and I’m the first and only African American to be on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals," Thompson said Monday in her 15th-floor office looking out to the Rhode Island State House.