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
considered members originally reference society
The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.
women thinking empowerment
Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.
encouragement kind persons
Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.
class racism warfare
Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.
kings white georgia
King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian.
racism african-american century
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism
racism facts despite
The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished
views benches
In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman
alabama trials firsts
I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.
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.
long enough profession
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.
long community special
How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?
white risk willing
Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.
grandmother parent slave
My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.