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Constance Baker Motley

On January 25, 1966, Constance Baker Motley Became America's First Black Female Federal Judge, After Being Appointed To The U.S. District Court For Southern New York, By President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Motley Also Made History In Other Ways. In 1964 She Was The First Black Woman To Win A Seat In The New York State Senate And The Following Year She Became Manhattan's First Female Borough President.

Born In Connecticut On Septemer 14, 1921, Motley Received Her Law Degree From Columbia University. She Worked As A Civil Rights Lawyer For The NAACP, From 1954 To 1964, And Successfully Argued Nine Cases Before The U.S. Supreme Court. One Of Those Cases Was On Behalf James Meredith, The First Black Student To Be Admitted To The University Of Mississippi.

In 1993, Constance Baker Motley Was Inducted Into The National Women's Hall Of Fame. She Received The Presidential Citizen's Medal From President Bill Clinton In 2001. And In 2003, The NAACP Awarded Her The Spingarn Medal, The Organization's Highest Honor. She Was Also An Honorary Member Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Constance Baker Motley Died September 28, 2005, Of Congestive heart Failure. She Was 84 Years Old.

"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.

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Posted By: Hugh Gaddy
Sunday, January 24th 2010 at 2:53PM
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THANK YOU, Irma...I deon't usually delete the comments made about the blogs I post, but in this case, I felt it necessary to do.

I don't know Brother Solomon, and for him to attempt to give me a history lesson with a first-time comment post is not courteous or respectful. Like you, I LOVE ALL OUR HISTORY!!! Like you, I'm VERY AWARE that we had a History and Legacy BEFORE being brought to America. I've read the research of Dr. Chancellor Williams, John H. Clarke and others who've educated us about Africa, Egypt, etc.

As you so rightly pointed out, my focus is BLACK AMERICAN HISOTRY. Brother Solomon is free to create a blog that offers information about Pre-American Black History Or, better yet, create a website. I have friends who are Muslim, who have done just that. would welcome the posts and the site.

Again, THANK YOU, Irma...!!!

Sunday, January 24th 2010 at 7:49PM
Hugh Gaddy

solomon, Gaddy is ont this site to offer our history from an African-centered point of view...IF YOU NOTICE, GADDY NEVER TRY TO TEACH US BY WAY OF DIVISION...ONLY OUR TRUE BLACK IN AMERICA...

I HAVE SAID That TO SAY THIS...solomon, about the only information we get about our Black Muslims on these sites is in the form of an arguments and division as related to mine is better than yours is...not from the historical point you just made with what you just informed someone like me of. Me,who can not get enough of our African-centered history...My major at UCD was in our history...

and here "I" am learning things "I" never knew before now...solomon, please turn what you just did here into a blog. I do want to learn more.(smile)

WE AS A RACE OF PROUD PEOPLES NEED THIS FOR "better" UNITY...lov ya
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA

Thanks Gaddy. This is another yet one more hero "I" knew nothing at all about.
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA