Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motleywas an African-American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan, New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth14 September 1921
CountryUnited States of America
Constance Baker Motley quotes about
school college men
Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.
teenager school house
I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.
school race law
In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.
school writing tuberculosis
In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.
school rights law
When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.
school law found
I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.
class white population
The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.
differences significant riders
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.
class two black
The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.
cities new-orleans atmosphere
New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.
leaving bob toes
I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.
views benches
In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman
ideas lawyer wanted
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea
college black south-carolina
The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina