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Constance Baker Motley (née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Constance Baker Motley (born September 14, 1921, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died September 28, 2005, New York, New York) was an American lawyer and jurist, an effective legal advocate in the civil rights movement and the first African American woman to become a federal judge (1966–2005).
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Learn about Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to argue before the Supreme Court and the first federal judge of color. She was a key leader of the civil rights movement and a longtime LDF attorney who wrote the original complaint in Brown v. Board of Education.
20 de fev. de 2020 · Learn about the life and achievements of Constance Baker Motley, the first African American woman to argue before the Supreme Court and serve as a federal judge. She fought for racial integration, civil rights, and equal justice under law in the face of danger and discrimination.
3 de fev. de 2022 · The arc of Motley's life—as a lawyer, as a politician and eventually as the first Black woman to be appointed to the Federal bench – is outlined in a new biography, Civil Rights Queen: Constance...
31 de mar. de 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Constance Baker Motley, the second Black woman to graduate from Columbia Law School and a pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement. She argued 10 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, desegregated universities, and became the first Black woman federal judge.
Learn how Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, defended civil rights activists in landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Birmingham Children's Crusade.
