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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-       by title:      Civil rights queen :...       by call number:      347.7314092 M879c     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Genre:  Biographies Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 347.7314092 M879c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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