We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism — Constance Baker Motley
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea — Constance Baker Motley
The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina — Constance Baker Motley
There appears to be no limit as to how far the women’s revolution will take us. — Constance Baker Motley
By 1962, King had become, by the media’s reckoning, the new civil rights leader. — Constance Baker Motley
Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade. — Constance Baker Motley
I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework. — Constance Baker Motley
Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms. — Constance Baker Motley
By 1962, king had become, by the media’s reckoning, the new civil rights leader. — Constance Baker Motley
Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks. — Constance Baker Motley
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has. — Constance Baker Motley
I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted. — Constance Baker Motley
I read about lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions. — Constance Baker Motley
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. — Constance Baker Motley
King thought he understood the white southerner, having been born and reared in georgia and trained a theologian. — Constance Baker Motley
Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down. — Constance Baker Motley
New orleans may well have been the most liberal deep south city in 1954 because of its large creole population — Constance Baker Motley
The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor. — Constance Baker Motley
The last state to admit a black student to the college level was south carolina. — Constance Baker Motley
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the freedom riders was significant. — Constance Baker Motley