Constance Baker Motley:
On January 25, 1966, Constance Baker Motley Became America's First Black Female Federal Judge, After Being Appointed To The U.S. District Court For Southern New York, By President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Motley Also Made History In Other Ways. In 1964 She Was The First Black Woman To Win A Seat In The New York State Senate And The Following Year She Became Manhattan's First Female Borough President.
Born In Connecticut On Septemer 14, 1921, Motley Received Her Law Degree From Columbia University. She Worked As A Civil Rights Lawyer For The NAACP, From 1954 To 1964, And Successfully Argued Nine Cases Before The U.S. Supreme Court. One Of Those Cases Was On Behalf James Meredith, The First Black Student To Be Admitted To The University Of Mississippi.
In 1993, Constance Baker Motley Was Inducted Into The National Women's Hall Of Fame. She Received The Presidential Citizen's Medal From President Bill Clinton In 2001. And In 2003, The NAACP Awarded Her The Spingarn Medal, The Organization's Highest Honor. She Was Also An Honorary Member Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Constance Baker Motley Died September 28, 2005, Of Congestive heart Failure. She Was 84 Years Old.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
