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    Constance Baker Motley

    American judge and politician (1921–2005)

    Constance Baker Motley

    Motley in 1964

    In office
    September 30, 1986 – September 28, 2005
    In office
    May 31, 1982 – September 30, 1986
    Preceded byLloyd Francis MacMahon
    Succeeded byCharles L. Brieant
    In office
    August 30, 1966 – September 30, 1986
    Appointed byLyndon B. Johnson
    Preceded byArchie Owen Dawson
    Succeeded byKimba Wood
    In office
    February 23, 1965 – August 30, 1966
    Preceded byEdward R. Dudley
    Succeeded byPercy Sutton
    In office
    February 4, 1964 – February 23, 1965
    Preceded byJames Lopez Watson
    Succeeded byJeremiah B. Bloom
    Born

    Constance Baker


    (1921-09-14)September 14, 1921
    New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
    DiedSeptember 28, 2005(2005-09-28) (aged 84)
    New York City, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouse

    Joel Motley Jr.

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    (m. 1946)​

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    Bib ID:
    370781
    Format:
    Book
    Author:
    Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-
    Edition:
    1st ed.
    Description:
    • New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998
    • vi, 282 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
    ISBN:
    0374148651 (alkaline paper)
    Summary:

    Constance Baker joined Thurgood Marshall's legal team at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in 1945 while still a student at Columbia Law School, at a time when women lawyers were uncommon. She was chief counsel for James Meredith in his legal battle to be the first black to attend the University of Mississippi; she argued ten cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and represented other leading civil rights figures, including Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1966, she was the first black woman appointed to the federal bench, over a firestorm of opposition. Equal Justice Under Law, the most detailed account to date of the legal conflicts of the civil rights movement, is also an account of Constance Baker Motley's

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    Introduction

    In 1961, James Meredith applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. Although he was eminently qualified, he was rejected. The University had never admitted a black student, and Meredith was black.

    Represented by Constance Baker Motley and the NAACP Legal De­fense and Educational Fund (LDF), Meredith brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, alleging that the university had rejected him because of his race. Although seven years had passed since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many in the South—politicians, the media, educators, attor­neys, and even judges—refused to accept the principle that segregation in public education was unconstitutional. The litigation was difficult and hard fought. Meredith later described the case as “the last battle of the Civil War.” Eventually, Motley and Meredith prevailed, pushing open the door to integration in higher education in the Deep South.

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