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Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-
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Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005
Women judges, Black -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Women judges -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Judges, Black -- New York (State) -- Biography.
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Lawyers -- New York (State) -- Biography.
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Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-
Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005
Women judges, Black -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Women judges -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Judges, Black -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Judges -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Civil rights -- United States.
Equality before the law -- United States.
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Civil
rights
queen : Constance Baker Motley and the struggle for equality / Tomiko Brown-Nagin.
by
Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-
Pantheon Books, 2022.
Call #:
347.7314092 M879c
Subjects
Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005
Women judges, Black
--
New
York
(
State
)
--
Biography
.
Women judges
--
New
York
(
State
)
--
Biography
.
Judges, Black
--
New
York
(
State
)
--
Biography
.
Judges
--
New
York
(
State
)
--
Biography
.
Lawyers
--
New
York
(
State
)
--
Biography
.
Civil
rights
workers
--
New
York
(
State
)
--
Biography
.
Civil
rights
--
United States.
Equality before the law
--
United States.
ISBN:
9781524747183 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 497 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-468) and index.
Summary:
"Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Constance Baker Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hair dresser. Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the first of ten she would eventually argue. The only black woman member in the legal team at the NAACP's Inc. Fund at the time, she defended Martin Luther King in Birmingham, helped to argue in Brown vs. The Board of Education, and played a critical role in vanquishing Jim Crow laws throughout the South. She was the first black woman elected to the
state
Senate in
New
York
, the first woman elected Manhattan Borough President, and the first black woman appointed to the federal judiciary.
Civil
Rights
Queen captures the story of a remarkable American life, a figure who remade law and inspired the imaginations of African Americans across the country. Burnished with an extraordinary wealth of research, award-winning, esteemed
Civil
Rights
and legal historian and dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Tomiko Brown-Nagin brings Motley to life in these p. Brown-Nagin compels us to ponder some of our most timeless and urgent questions-how do the historically marginalized access the corridors of power? What is the price of the ticket? How does access to power shape individuals committed to social justice? In
Civil
Rights
Queen, she dramatically fills out the picture of some of the most profound judicial and societal change made in twentieth-century America"--provided by publisher.
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Biographies
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