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Bookmark or Share- Constance Baker Motley | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | BritannicaConstance Baker Motley was an American lawyer and jurist, an effective advocate in the civil rights movement and the first African American woman to become a federal judge (1966–2005). While working at the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, she won nine civil rights cases before the Supreme Court.
- Constance Baker Motley - WikipediaConstance Baker Motley (née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005) - BlackpastPresident Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Motley to the United States District Court in 1966, making her the first African American woman to hold a federal judgeship. Judge Constance Baker Motley died of congestive heart failure on September 28, 2005, at the age of 84.
- Constance Baker Motley: Judiciary’s Unsung Rights HeroFrom the late 1940s through the mid-1960s, Constance Baker Motley did as much as any American to end racial segregation. Yet her memory has receded outside the federal Judiciary, where she became the first African American woman judge. Here is her remarkable story.
- Constance Baker Motley | Columbia Celebrates Black History and CultureWith her appointment to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on January 25, 1966, Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005; Columbia Law School 1946, 2003) became the first African American woman appointed to the federal judiciary.
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