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Constance Baker Motley
'''Constance Baker Motley''' (born
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1921 - ) is a
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civil rights activist and
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judge.
Motley's legal career began as a law clerk in the fledgling
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Education Fund, where she worked with
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Thurgood Marshall and others. She became a key legal strategist in the civil rights movement, helping to desegregate
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Southern United States/Southern schools, busses, lunch counters - and successfully arguing nine cases before the
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U.S. Supreme Court.
In
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1964, Motley became the first
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African American woman elected to the
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New York State Senate. In
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1965 she was chosen
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Manhattan Borough President - the first woman and first African American in that position. In
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1966, President
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Federal Court judge - the first African American woman so named - where she continues today.
Motley is known as an incisive and capable judge. She graduated from
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Columbia Law School.
In
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1993 she was inducted into
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National Women's Hall of Fame.
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