Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality Brown-Nagin Tomiko
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality Brown-Nagin Tomiko With the US Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, "it makes sense to revisit the life and…
Specifikacia Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality Brown-Nagin Tomiko
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality Brown-Nagin Tomiko
With the US Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, "it makes sense to revisit the life and work of another Black woman who profoundly shaped the law: Constance Baker Motley" (CNN). "A must-read for anyone who dares to believe that equal justice under the law is possible and is in search of a model for how to make it a reality." --Anita HillBorn 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. The first major biography of one of our most influential judges--an activist lawyer who became the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary--that provides an eye-opening account of the twin struggles for gender equality and civil rights in the 20th Century.
Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front