Constance Baker Motley | Biography, Accomplishments, …
Constance Baker Motley | Biography, Accomplishments, …
Constance Baker Motley was an American jurist and politician, who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, she was state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before becoming a United States federal judge. She obtained a role with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a staff attorney in 1946 after receiving her law degree, and continued her work with the organization for more than twenty years.
BornConstance Baker · September 14, 1921 · New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 28, 2005 (aged 84) · New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJoel Motley Jr. (m. 1946)
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Constance Baker Motley was an American jurist and politician, who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, she was state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before becoming a United States federal judge. She obtained a role with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a staff attorney in 1946 after receiving her law degree, and continued her work with the organization for more than twenty years.
BornConstance Baker · September 14, 1921 · New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 28, 2005 (aged 84) · New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJoel Motley Jr. (m. 1946)
CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN FEDERAL JUDGE https://www.bing.com/search?q=CONSTANCE+BA...
