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
encouragement kind persons
Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.
kings white georgia
King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian.
grandmother parent slave
My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.
phases eras integration
We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.
groups stills
Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.
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.
different action form
Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.
kings media rights
By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.
kings claims disobedience
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.
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.