I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has. - Constance Baker Motley
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.
- Constance Baker Motley
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism - Constance Baker Motley
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism
All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students. - Constance Baker Motley
All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.
Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart. - Constance Baker Motley
Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.
I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a c… - Constance Baker Motley
I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a c…
There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us. - Constance Baker Motley
There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.
Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both. - Constance Baker Motley
Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.
When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights. - Constance Baker Motley
When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea - Constance Baker Motley
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea
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