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
phases eras integration
We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.
views ymca world
Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.
groups stills
Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.
white race today
Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.
rights movement womens-rights
The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.
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.
thinking race matter
Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.
race usa united-states
When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.
different action form
Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.
college southern black
All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.
kings media rights
By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.
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.