We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

- 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

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

- Constance Baker Motley

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

- Constance Baker Motley

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

- 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…

- Constance Baker Motley

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

- Constance Baker Motley

When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.

- Constance Baker Motley

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

- Constance Baker Motley