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
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.
differences significant riders
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.
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.
college black south-carolina
The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina
common single-relationship this-society
There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.
kings claims disobedience
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.
college black resistance
Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.
racism racist environment
I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.
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.