Thurgood Marshall interviewed her for the position and continued to Work as a law clerk with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Real estate and insurance broker, Joel Wilson Motley. Inġ946, she received her law degree from Columbia University, and married She attendedįisk University and graduated from New York University in 1943. Impressed by her that he paid for her college education. Clarenceīlakeslee, a wealthy white contractor and philanthropist was so School and to become involved in community activities. Her parents were West Indian emigrants who encouraged her to excel in Woman to be elected to the New York State Senate and the first woman toĬonstance Baker Motley was born on Septemin New Haven,ĬT, where her father worked as chef for a Yale University fraternity. Largest Federal trial bench in the country the first African-American States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Woman and first African-American woman to be appointed to the United She made history and contributed greatly to the widening of Legacy of Judge Constance Baker Motley who died September 21, 2005.Ĭonstance Baker Motley had a remarkable career as a public servant,Īchieving success both as an elected official and as a Federal judge. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life and Government Publishing Office, CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY'S LIFE AND LEGACY Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16 - CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY'S LIFE AND LEGACY
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