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Legal Career Beginnings. Motley followed through with legal aspirations seeded in her youth.

Journey to Judgeship.

Civil Rights Legacy

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Legal battles she won and the example she set that helped shape civil rights, women’s rights and human rights. She was a brilliant lawyer and a distinguished federal judge for over forty years. Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005) quietly helped change the course of American history. She is one of many unsung civil rights heroines who waded into the Big Muddy of American racism

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Constance Baker Motley only had one award and it was the Spingarn Medal.

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Constance Baker Motley was the ninth child of twelve children. Constance Baker Motley attended public schools and soon became an eager reader. At the age fifteenth she got inspired by books concerning civil rights heroes and she had decided to become a lawyer. Constance Baker Motley family's financial position Constance Baker Motley couldn't afford to attend college immediately after graduating high school. So she decided to be maid for a short time before finding a job with the National Youth Administration.

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Constance Baker Motley was an African-American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan, New York City.